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Webster 1913 Edition

Activate

Ac′ti-vate

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Verb.

T.

To make active.

[Obs.]

Definition 2024

activate

activate

English

Verb

activate ‎(third-person singular simple present activates, present participle activating, simple past and past participle activated)

To put into action, to put to work.
To turn on.

Synonyms

actuate

Antonyms

deactivate

Translations

to put into action

Arabic: فَعَّلَ (ar) ‎(faʿʿala)
Asturian: activar
Bulgarian: пускам (bg) ‎(puskam), активирам (bg) ‎(aktiviram)
Catalan: activar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激活 (zh) ‎(jīhuó)
Dutch: activeren (nl)
Esperanto: aktivigi
Estonian: rakendama
Finnish: aktivoida (fi)
French: actionner (fr), activer (fr)
Galician: activar

Greek: ενεργοποιώ (el) ‎(energopoió)
Maori: whakahohe
Norman: activiser
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aktivere (no), aktivisere (no)
Polish: aktywować (pl), uaktywnić
Portuguese: ativar (pt)
Romanian: activa (ro)
Russian: активизи́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(aktivizírovatʹ), активи́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(aktivírovatʹ), приводи́ть в де́йствие impf ‎(privodítʹ v déjstvije), привести́ в де́йствие pf ‎(privestí v déjstvije)
Spanish: activar (es)
Swedish: aktivera (sv)

to turn on

Asturian: activar
Catalan: activar (ca)
Czech: zapnout
Dutch: aanzetten (nl), inschakelen (nl)
Esperanto: aktivigi
Estonian: käivitama (et)
Finnish: aktivoida (fi), käynnistää (fi)
French: actionner (fr), allumer (fr)

Galician: activar
Greek: ενεργοποιώ (el) ‎(energopoió) (ανοίγω (el) ‎(anoígo))
Polish: włączyć (pl)
Portuguese: ativar (pt)
Russian: активи́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(aktivírovatʹ), включа́ть (ru) impf ‎(vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf ‎(vključítʹ)
Spanish: activar (es)
Swedish: aktivera (sv)

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