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.

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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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

Anagrams for activate »

1. cavitate

How to pronounce activate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say activate in sign language?

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. Protection District -RRB- Denney:

   New appliances are being seen with touch controls that activate by the simple touch of a finger. An animal’s paw can also activate these types of controls, please use built in safety’s if available on appliances when not in use and accessible by children and/or animals.

2. Monica Perez:

   They're different in terms of the way to activate the central nervous system, but the overall outcome is similar.

3. The Tesla:

   It is important to note that Tesla disables Autopilot by default and requires explicit acknowledgement that the system is new technology and still in a public beta phase before it can be enabled, when drivers activate Autopilot, the acknowledgment box explains, among other things, that Autopilot 'is an assist feature that requires you to keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times,' and that 'you need to maintain control and responsibility for your vehicle' while using it.

4. Raj Dasgupta:

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

5. Sekyu Choi:

   We first asked whether the stress hormone was regulating the stem cells directly and checked by taking out the receptor for corticosterone, but this turned out to be wrong. Instead, we found that the stress hormone actually acts on a cluster of dermal cells underneath the hair follicle, known as the dermal papilla, dermal papilla is known to be critical for activating hair follicle stem cells, but none of the previously identified factors secreted from dermal papilla changed when stress hormone levels were altered. Rather, the stress hormone prevented dermal papilla cells from secreting Gas6, a molecule that the researchers showed can activate the hair follicle stem cells.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/activate
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=activate