activate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]activate (third-person singular simple present activates, present participle activating, simple past and past participle activated)
- (transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
- activate the economy
- (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
- The pranksters activated the fire alarm by spraying deodorant next to it.
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
- (transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
- (transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
- (transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
- (transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
- (transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
- (transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.
- A new squadron was activated.
- (transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- activable
- activatable
- activater
- activator
- alloactivated
- autoactivate
- bioactivate
- bioactivating
- coactivate
- coactivated
- diactivated
- disactivate
- heteroactivate
- hyperactivate
- hyperactivated
- hypoactivated
- immunoactivating
- misactivate
- misactivated
- nonactivated
- nonactivating
- overactivate
- overactivated
- phosphoactivate
- photoactivate
- photoactivated
- pneumoactivate
- preactivate
- preactivated
- reactivate
- subactivating
- superactivate
- thermoactivated
- transactivate
- unactivated
- underactivate
- underactivated
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to put into operation
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to activate a software functionality — see enable
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Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]activate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of activar combined with te
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