English
Etymology
active + -ate
Pronunciation
Verb
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( transitive ) To encourage development or induce increased activity ; to stimulate .
( transitive ) To put a device , mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger , to actuate , to set off , to enable .
( transitive , chemistry , physics ) To render more reactive ; excite .
( transitive , biology ) To render a molecule reactive , active , or effective in performing its function.
( transitive , physics ) To render a substance radioactive .
( transitive , chemistry ) To hasten a chemical reaction , especially by heating.
( transitive , computing , software ) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock .
( transitive ) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter .
( transitive , military ) To organize or create a military unit or station .
( transitive , sports ) To bring a player back after an injury .
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to put into operation
Albanian: aktivizoj (sq)
Arabic: فَعَّلَ (ar) ( faʕʕala )
Asturian: activar
Basque: aktibatu
Bengali: সক্রিয় করা ( śokriẏo kora )
Bulgarian: пускам (bg) ( puskam ) , активирам (bg) ( aktiviram )
Catalan: activar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激活 (zh) ( jīhuó )
Danish: aktivere
Dutch: activeren (nl) , aanzetten (nl) , inschakelen (nl)
Esperanto: aktivigi
Estonian: rakendama
Finnish: aktivoida (fi) , käynnistää (fi)
French: actionner (fr) , activer (fr)
Galician: activar
German: aktivieren (de)
Greek: ενεργοποιώ (el) ( energopoió ) (ανοίγω (el) ( anoígo ) )
Hungarian: aktivál (hu) , működésbe hoz (hu)
Indonesian: mengaktifkan (id)
Kazakh: активтендіру ( aktivtendıru )
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Kyrgyz: жандыруу (ky) ( jandıruu )
Maori: whakahohe
Marathi: सक्रिय करावे ( sakriy karāve )
Norman: activiser
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aktivere (no) , aktivisere (no)
Persian: انجامیدن (fa) ( anǰāmidan ) , فعال کردن ( faʿʿāl kardan ) , کنشور کردن ( konešvar kardan ) , کاری کردن ( kārī kardan )
Polish: aktywować (pl) impf or pf , uaktywnić pf
Portuguese: ativar (pt)
Romanian: activa (ro)
Russian: активизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( aktivizírovatʹ ) , активи́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( aktivírovatʹ ) , приводи́ть в де́йствие impf ( privodítʹ v déjstvije ) , привести́ в де́йствие pf ( privestí v déjstvije ) , включа́ть (ru) impf ( vključátʹ ) , включи́ть (ru) pf ( vključítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: aktivírati (sh)
Slovene: aktivirati , vključiti
Spanish: activar (es)
Swedish: aktivera (sv)
Turkish: etkinleştirmek (tr)
to activate a software functionality
— see enable
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