activate

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verb

1. put in motion or move to act (Freq. 3)
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
• Syn:
trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off,
spark, trigger off, touch off
• Derivationally related forms:
spark (for: spark), activation, trigger (for: trigger), actuator (for: actuate), act (for: actuate), actuation (for: actuate), trip (for: trip), tripper (for: trip)
• Hypernyms:
initiate, pioneer
• Cause:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make active or more active (Freq. 2)
- activate an old file
• Ant:
inactivate
• Derivationally related forms:
activator, activation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
reactivate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. make more adsorptive
- activate a metal
• Derivationally related forms:
activation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
• Syn:
aerate
• Derivationally related forms:
air (for: aerate), aerator (for: aerate), activation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. make (substances) radioactive
• Derivationally related forms:
activation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aerate, trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  inactivate, deactivate