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activate English

Meaning activate meaning

What does activate mean?
Definitions in simple English

activate Verb

— To activate means to make something active. The machine activated the screensaver because it was idle.

activate

— verb (= actuate, trigger) put in motion or move to act trigger a reaction actuate the circuits — verb make active or more active activate an old file — verb make (substances) radioactive — verb (= aerate) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter — verb make more adsorptive activate a metal

Synonyms activate synonyms

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activate English » English

turn on start cause put on use stimulate arouse actuate work trigger swotch on switch on stir up spark off motivate give rise to give rise excite trip trigger off touch off spark set off rouse provoke inspire engage energize aerate waken wake utilise suggest strengthen stir start over spur set in motion restart raise push on predispose precipitate mobilize mobilise manage make something active launch kindle invoke

Topics activate topics

What do people use activate to talk about?
States Time Aspectual time

Start something

Conjugation activate conjugation

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activate · verb

Examples activate examples

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Simple sentences

This work is too heavy and exhausting for a single woman. I will activate my robot!
After the installation is complete, use the keygen to generate a key, and then use the key to activate the software.

Movie subtitles

What's she saying? - Activate the phonic detector.
Combat stations, blaster men, activate your scopes.
Activate the disposal unit.
However, when I activate this machine, it registers infinitesimally.
Activate main batteries.
Activate main view plate.
Alyosha, activate the weather station.
And if you try to use violence a signal from Lady Beltham will activate my bodyguards.
Activate the control switch.
Activate the control switch, Prof!
Activate the rockets.
After you activate the mechanism, you only got ten seconds.
Seal bulkheads. Got to activate them now.
I'll activate the long-range telescopic lens.
It's designed to activate once it enters the epidermis of a living body.
Normally it will activate only when a bullet comes into contact, but if we programmed it to stay on.
Ruth, activate the stellarscope, right control, 45 degrees left.
However, when I activate this machine, it registers infinitesimally you see, down there in the lower left-hand corner.
And then when I activate the educator here it registers a little more.
You've got to remember, David, when this hit our atmosphere, it burned at such a fantastic temperature that its metal-bearing compounds could have been altered, left ready to activate, to grow.
But he still keeps trying to activate it.
Don't worry, it can't activate itself.
Activate the detector.
If I activate her too soon she could overload and might even blow up.
Activate freezing units.
Yes, it should activate at five, zero, zero.
Activate Magnetise Beam.
How do you propose to activate it?
Well, they can't reduce nuclear fuel. But once the reactor's been miniaturized along with the submarine, a microscopic particle should put out enough energy to activate it.
You activate those packs, and you'll blow the whole impulse deck.
We'll pick her up right after first orbit, and activate all sensors.
With the laser communciation link activate the second orbit, we're in.
All we need to do is activate it.
Activate our cloak.

News and current affairs

But, first, they must anticipate the associated financing requirements, which will soon surpass the current capacities of governments and international donors, and take action now to activate new, reliable sources of financing.
Brain imaging studies have found that parts of the temporal lobe activate during these hallucinations.
When scientists figure out how to flip these switches, it might be possible to introduce stem cells into the body and activate them so that they correctly replace damaged tissue, whatever it is.
A promising approach now being explored for treating cancer is to activate the suicide program of cancer cells without disturbing normal cells.
But this mechanism lacks the common political will needed to activate it; the less it is used, the less usable it will become.
The SDR donation scheme would activate resources that are currently idle, benefiting donors and recipients. It would also reduce the increasing inequality between rich and poor countries.
A specific cause of resentment nowadays is America's unilateral decision to re-activate the US Navy's Fourth Fleet, devoted to Latin America, which had been decommissioned in 1950.
The SDR donation scheme would activate resources that are currently idle, benefiting donors and recipients.
But this stability fuels fears that Somaliland's people will activate the declaration of independence they adopted in 1991.

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