Definitions for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. activateverb

   make active or more active

   "activate an old file"

3. activateverb

   make more adsorptive

   "activate a metal"

4. activate, aerateverb

   aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

5. activateverb

   make (substances) radioactive

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. activateverb

   To put into action, to put to work.

2. activateverb

   To turn on.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. activate

   To activate means to set in motion, start, initiate, or turn on. It can refer to making a system, process, or device operational or functional, or stimulating or triggering a particular action, reaction, or function. It can also refer to setting a chemical or a physical process in motion.

2. activate

   To activate something means to start it, initiate it or cause it to function or operate. It involves setting a process into motion or turning on a device or system in order for it to start working. It can also refer to making a certain mechanism, chemical reaction, or part of a system set to work or become operational. In a broader context, to activate could also mean to stimulate or cause someone to take action.

3. activate

   To activate something generally means to cause it to start functioning or operating. It can pertain to initiating the operation of a device, system or process, turning a situation or condition into effect, triggering an action, or stimulating a response from a biological or chemical entity.

4. activate

   To activate something means to cause it to start functioning or operating, to set it in motion, or to trigger it into action. This can also refer to making something such as a device or system ready for use. It could also mean to stimulate or to encourage something into action or increased activity.

5. activate

   To activate generally means to start or initiate something, to make a device or system operational by switching it on or providing it necessary parameters, or to stimulate or set in motion any process or action. It can also mean causing a chemical or biological process to occur or increase in speed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Activateverb

   to make active

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Activate

   ak′ti-vāt, v.t. (Bacon) to make active:—pr.p. ac′tivāting; pa.p. ac′tivāted.

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1. 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  

2. ---

   activate

   To make active.

   They did activate the new software using a password.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'activate' in Verbs Frequency: #902

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for activate »

1. cavitate

How to pronounce activate?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of activate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of activate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of activate in a Sentence

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   [and] was acting pre-ISIS, what ISIS does is I think it gives direction, organization, and because of its command of the social media can actually activate people in a way that was more random before.

2. Elias Zerhouni:

   Immuno-oncology is just at the beginning of its development, frankly, I think it won't be enough to just remove a checkpoint inhibitor because it is also important to activate the immune system.

3. Raj Dasgupta:

   When you activate this receptor, it makes you sleepy, many sleep aids that we take work on GABA.

4. Antiquities Minister Adel Shirshab:

   Our airspace is not in our hands. It's in their hands, i am calling on the international community and coalition to activate its air strikes and target terrorism wherever it exists.

5. Luana Marques:

   Charge up, what I mean by that is eating, sleeping and exercise. All three of those are things that we know help us activate our prefrontal cortex.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=activate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Activate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=activate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/activate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=activate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=activate