hibernation
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌhaɪbərˈneɪʃən/
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hibernación
- So what you're going to have in this country is a slow awakening of socialism from a long hibernation called the Cold War.
- gone into hibernation
- waking from hibernation
- hibernation mode
So use your time in hibernation to inspire others and to talk with others.
- So use your time in hibernation to inspire others and to talk with others.
- Like even just little steps like that, saying, OK, how do I want to come out of hibernation?
- So I just need to, like, peel off the layers of this winter hibernation and enter and blossom into my spring form.
- So what you're going to have in this country is a slow awakening of socialism from a long hibernation called the Cold War.
- But now the science is basically now looking for, well, maybe you don't have to be in hibernation.
Examples
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During winter, bears enter hibernation to conserve energy and survive the cold months.
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To all intents and purposes, he'd gone into hibernation.
Fiction book (1999) -
And even I was beginning to think that you had chosen to dream away the rest of your life in hibernation.
Fiction book (1996) -
So use your time in hibernation to inspire others and to talk with others.
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More seriously, hibernation could shed light on obesity and how to treat it.
Academic text (2007) -
I have been in a state of hibernation for some time... a little inactive.
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The snow has melted away, flowers are blooming, and people are coming out of hibernation.
Blog text (16) -
For a long time, I existed only in a state resembling hibernation, as I cured in a storeroom.
Fiction book (2002) -
The scientist studied the effects of hibernation on the metabolism of small mammals.
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After a long period of hibernation, the business finally resumed its operations in spring.
Synonyms
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1.0
A period when you stop activity to relax or sleep
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1.0
A long time of being not active like hibernation or death
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3.9
A period when something is asleep or inactive
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8.1
Not moving or changing for a time
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3.2
To spend time doing nothing
Sleeping through the winter to save energy
Antonyms
How Inactive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hibernation comes from the Latin root hibern- meaning 'winter', and a helpful way to remember this sense is to think of a person or group 'going into winter' to rest. That's why hibernation can mean a long period of inactivity or quiet to save energy.