Associations to the word «Activate»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

ACTIVATE, verb. Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits".
ACTIVATE, verb. Make active or more active; "activate an old file".
ACTIVATE, verb. Make more adsorptive; "activate a metal".
ACTIVATE, verb. Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.
ACTIVATE, verb. Make (substances) radioactive.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky