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activating   (TTS Sound)

The noun activating has 1 sense

• energizing, activating, activation -- (the activity of causing to have energy and be active)

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)

The adj activating has 1 sense

• activating, actuating -- (causing motion or action or change)