What does activate mean?
Definitions for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word activate.
Princeton's WordNet
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb
put in motion or move to act
"trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
activateverb
make active or more active
"activate an old file"
activateverb
make more adsorptive
"activate a metal"
activate, aerateverb
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
activateverb
make (substances) radioactive
Wiktionary
activateverb
To put into action, to put to work.
activateverb
To turn on.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Activateverb
To make active. This word is perhaps used only by the author alleged.
Etymology: from active.
As snow and ice, especially being holpen, and their cold activated by nitre or salt, will turn water into ice, and that in a few hours; so it may be, it will turn wood or stiff clay into stone, in longer time. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 83.
Webster Dictionary
Activateverb
to make active
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Activate
ak′ti-vāt, v.t. (Bacon) to make active:—pr.p. ac′tivāting; pa.p. ac′tivāted.
Editors Contribution
activateverb
American college test taking action by doing something to fulfill the function or serve the purpose of tending to be active and having the nature of automated test equipment denoting a product or action. 1.) make something active or operative. Convert into a reactive form.
I had to become who I am to be able to activate my power.
Etymology: Enlightened
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 25, 2024
activate
To make active.
They did activate the new software using a password.
Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'activate' in Verbs Frequency: #902
Anagrams for activate »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of activate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of activate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of activate in a Sentence
They don't wait now for the first Western person to get ill and say' oh, my God, we need to activate the emergency.' This is a big change.
American cities really want to activate the public spaces and streets that for way too long have been given over to the automobile, the streateries and parklets are part of this mentality of 'reclaiming our streets for people,'.
China needs levers to deter Taiwan from taking undesirable courses of action, especially independence-leaning initiatives, for these levers to be potent, China must( 1) have the( military) capabilities to activate them if needed, and( 2) the threat to do so must be credible in the eyes of Taipei.
We will make sure that United Sikhs keeps his legacy alive, that we activate his dream and we turn that into a reality.
It is an electoral strategy, create religious tension, activate religious polarization and consolidate on the Hindu vote.
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Translations for activate
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- فَعَّلَArabic
- активирам, пускамBulgarian
- activarCatalan, Valencian
- ανοίγω, ενεργοποιώGreek
- aktivigiEsperanto
- activarSpanish
- käivitama, rakendamaEstonian
- käynnistää, aktivoidaFinnish
- allumer, actionner, activerFrench
- activarGalician
- attivareItalian
- inschakelen, activeren, aanzettenDutch
- ativarPortuguese
- activaRomanian
- включа́ть, активи́ровать, [[привести́]] в [[де́йствие]], активизи́ровать, включи́ть, [[приводи́ть]] в [[де́йствие]]Russian
- aktiveraSwedish
- เปิดใช้งานThai
- אַקטאַווייטYiddish
- 啟用Chinese
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