activate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
put in motion or move to act
trigger a reaction
Types & categories
- initiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- hap causes
- human action derivation
- actuation derivation
- trigger derivation
- actuator derivation
- tripper derivation
- activation derivation
- spark derivation
Sense 2 verb
make active or more active
activate an old file
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- reactivate hyponym
Related & opposite
- inactivate antonym
- activation derivation
- activator derivation
Sense 3 verb
make more adsorptive
activate a metal
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- activation derivation
Sense 4 verb
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- aerator derivation
- activation derivation
- air derivation
Sense 5 verb
make (substances) radioactive
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- activation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | hap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | human action |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tripper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inactivate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | activator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reactivate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aerator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | air |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |