Overview of verb activate

The verb activate has 5 senses

• trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off -- (put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits")


• activate -- (make active or more active; "activate an old file")


• activate -- (make more adsorptive; "activate a metal")


• activate, aerate -- (aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter)


• activate -- (make (substances) radioactive)

Overview of adj activated

The adj activated has 4 senses

• activated -- ((of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition)


• activated, excited -- ((of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive)


• activated -- (rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive)


• activated -- ((military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit")