actuate
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
- Direction
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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
give an incentive for action
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Related & opposite
- motivation derivation
- human action derivation
- actuation derivation
- motivating derivation
- incitement derivation
- inducement derivation
- incitation derivation
- motivation derivation
- motivating derivation
- impress verb group
- move verb group
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 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | human action |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incitement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inducement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motivating |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | impress |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | move |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |