ACTIVATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make active or more active
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • activate an old file
   
   Hypernyms(s) activate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • inactivate (what does inactivate mean?)
   • deactivate (what does deactivate mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • reactivate (what does reactivate mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • activator (what does activator mean?)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make (substances) radioactive
   
   Hypernyms(s) activate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
   
   Synonym(s)
   • aerate (what does aerate mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) activate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • air (what does air mean?)
   • aerator (what does aerator mean?)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
4. Meaning
   • make more adsorptive
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • activate a metal
   
   Hypernyms(s) activate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
5. Meaning
   • put in motion or move to act
   
   Synonym(s)
   • actuate (what does actuate mean?)
   • set off (what does set off mean?)
   • spark (what does spark mean?)
   • spark off (what does spark off mean?)
   • touch off (what does touch off mean?)
   • trigger (what does trigger mean?)
   • trigger off (what does trigger off mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • trigger a reaction
   • actuate the circuits
   
   Hypernyms(s) activate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • initiate (what does initiate mean?)
   • pioneer (what does pioneer mean?)
   
   Cause(s)
   • happen (what does happen mean?)
   • hap (what does hap mean?)
   • go on (what does go on mean?)
   • pass off (what does pass off mean?)
   • occur (what does occur mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • fall out (what does fall out mean?)
   • come about (what does come about mean?)
   • take place (what does take place mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • spark (what does spark mean?)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
   • trigger (what does trigger mean?)
   • induction (what does induction mean?)
   • initiation (what does initiation mean?)
   • actuator (what does actuator mean?)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   • propulsion (what does propulsion mean?)
   • actuation (what does actuation mean?)
   • tripper (what does tripper mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)
   • tripper (what does tripper mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)