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How to pronounce “activate”
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Pronunciation guide for activate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of activate with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Indigenous Responds to Environmental Assaults
It was able to activate part of their consciousness.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
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How to pronounce activate
The Indigenous Responds to Environmental Assaults

It was able to activate part of their consciousness.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “activate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
- (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
- (transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
- (transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
- (transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
- (transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
- (transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
- (transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
- (transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.
- (transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.
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