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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   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

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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. Nicolas Maduro:

   I'll look at it very seriously, and if I see the possibility of clearing away coup-mongering and the use of the National Assembly, I myself would activate it if the people support me.

2. Facebook Inc:

   Many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places, until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters. We just changed this and now plan to activate Safety Check for more human disasters going forward as well.

3. Nancy Davis:

   I think this drug is going to completely change the landscape of MS, it’s the first drug that suppresses your B cells, and they feel the B cells activate the T cells.

4. 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.

5. Sekyu Choi:

   Under both normal and stress conditions, adding Gas6 was sufficient to activate hair follicle stem cells that were in the resting phase and to promote hair growth, in the future, the Gas6 pathway could be exploited for its potential in activating stem cells to promote hair growth. It will also be very interesting to explore if other stress-related tissue changes are related to the stress hormone’s impact on regulating Gas6.

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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