activate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"{ktI%veIt/

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Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• actuate

Antonyms

• deactivate

Translations

to put into action

• Asturian: activar (ast)
• Bulgarian: пускам (bg) (puskam), активирам (bg) (aktiviram)
• Catalan: activar (ca)
• Dutch: activeren (nl)
• Esperanto: aktivigi (eo)
• Estonian: rakendama (et)
• Finnish: aktivoida (fi)
• French: actionner (fr), activer (fr)

• Galician: activar (gl)
• Greek: ενεργοποιώ (el) (energopoió)
• Jèrriais: activiser
• Portuguese: ativar (pt)
• Romanian: activa (ro)
• Spanish: activar (es)
• Swedish: aktivera (sv)

to turn on

• Asturian: activar (ast)
• Catalan: activar (ca)
• Dutch: aanzetten (nl), inschakelen (nl)
• Esperanto: aktivigi (eo)
• Estonian: käivitama (et)
• Finnish: aktivoida (fi), käynnistää (fi)

• French: actionner (fr), allumer (fr)
• Galician: activar (gl)
• Greek: ενεργοποιώ (el) (energopoió) (ανοίγω (el) (anoigo))
• Portuguese: ativar (pt)
• Spanish: activar (es)
• Swedish: aktivera (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 使活动 (shǐ huódòng); 啟動, 启动 (qǐdòng); 触发 (chùfā)
• Serbo-Croatian: aktivírati (sh)
• German: aktivieren (de)
• Indonesian: mengaktifkan (id)

• Interlingua: activar
• Italian: attivare (it)
• Japanese: 活性化する (かっせいかする, kasseika suru)
• Norwegian: aktiviser
• Volapük: dunotön

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