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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King