You must activate the software before you can use it again.
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Activate
//ˈæktɪˌveɪt//
Synonyms for "activate" (81 found)
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4 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas context
7 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
56 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- aktivizoj verb (to put into operation)
Arabic
1 entries- فَعَّلَ verb (to put into operation)
Asturian
1 entries- activar verb (to put into operation)
Basque
1 entries- aktibatu verb (to put into operation)
Bengali
1 entries- সক্রিয় করা verb (to put into operation)
Bulgarian
2 entries- активирам verb (to put into operation)
- пускам verb (to put into operation)
Catalan
1 entries- activar verb (to put into operation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 激活 verb (to put into operation)
Danish
1 entries- aktivere verb (to put into operation)
Dutch
3 entries- aanzetten verb (to put into operation)
- activeren verb (to put into operation)
- inschakelen verb (to put into operation)
Esperanto
1 entries- aktivigi verb (to put into operation)
Estonian
1 entries- rakendama verb (to put into operation)
Finnish
2 entries- aktivoida verb (to put into operation)
- käynnistää verb (to put into operation)
French
2 entries- actionner verb (to put into operation)
- activer verb (to put into operation)
Galician
1 entries- activar verb (to put into operation)
German
2 entries- aktivieren verb (to put into operation)
- freischalten verb (to put into operation)
Greek
1 entries- ενεργοποιώ verb (to put into operation)
Hungarian
2 entries- aktivál verb (to put into operation)
- működésbe hoz verb (to put into operation)
Indonesian
1 entries- mengaktifkan verb (to put into operation)
Kazakh
1 entries- активтендіру verb (to put into operation)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жандыруу verb (to put into operation)
Marathi
1 entries- सक्रिय करावे verb (to put into operation)
Māori
2 entries- whakaharuru verb (to put into operation)
- whakahohe verb (to put into operation)
Norman
1 entries- activiser verb (to put into operation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- aktivere verb (to put into operation)
- aktivisere verb (to put into operation)
Persian
4 entries- انجامیدن verb (to put into operation)
- فعال کردن verb (to put into operation)
- کاری کردن verb (to put into operation)
- کناییدن verb (to put into operation)
Polish
3 entries- aktywować verb (to put into operation)
- uaktywniać verb (to put into operation)
- uaktywnić verb (to put into operation)
Portuguese
1 entries- ativar verb (to put into operation)
Romanian
1 entries- activa verb (to put into operation)
Russian
4 entries- активи́ровать verb (to put into operation)
- активизи́ровать verb (to put into operation)
- включа́ть verb (to put into operation)
- включи́ть verb (to put into operation)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- aktivírati verb (to put into operation)
Slovene
2 entries- aktivirati verb (to put into operation)
- vključiti verb (to put into operation)
Spanish
1 entries- activar verb (to put into operation)
Swedish
1 entries- aktivera verb (to put into operation)
Turkish
1 entries- etkinleştirmek verb (to put into operation)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
To activate the faucet, just wave your hands under the spout and the motion detectors will start the water flowing.
Source: tatoeba (3924525)
The left turn signal will only activate if a vehicle in the left turn lane triggers the sensor embedded in the roadway.
Source: tatoeba (3924546)
All sensory pleasures activate the minds of the noble-natured. They shut down the minds of the unnoble.
Source: tatoeba (5452136)
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