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Meanings of activate in English

Portuguese
activar
Spanish
provocar

Put in motion or move to act.

activar
Portuguese
causar
Catalan
activar

Make active or more active.

causar
Catalan
ventilar

Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.

ventilar
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Examples for "aerate"
Examples for "aerate"
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You can aerate his house, not only with air, but with ideas.
Mankind in the Making
2
Baseball players' cleats are good for the ground; they aerate it.
The new yorker
3
If you aerate it, it can take so much butter.
Wired
4
Their chunkiness and stiff mechanical properties help aerate a heap.
Organic Gardener's Composting
5
The beating is important to aerate the mix.
Radio NZ
Usage of activate in English
1
Media agencies must think about how we approach, activate and measure display.
The Irish Times
2
The government would activate the formal dispute settlement mechanisms with the EU.
Reuters
3
The following commands can be used to create and activate the volume:
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
4
The order to activate certain units would come down from the Dept.
The new yorker
5
This result also indicates that MHA may directly activate osteopontin gene transcription.
Pubmed
6
The state will help retirees activate their licenses and students obtain licensing.
Reuters
7
Damage creates new electrically conductive lines that activate shape-morphing in the material.
The South African
8
The central bank would also activate an emergency liquidity supply, King said.
Reuters
9
But I have to ask you to activate the civil emergency procedures.
Anvil Gate
10
Compromised ability to activate the autophagic response may underlie some common ciliopathies.
Pubmed
11
Vaccines work using antigens -proteins that activate the body's immune system.
Reuters
12
The effect of nicotine to activate hematopoiesis may contribute to tobacco-related diseases.
Pubmed
13
The cytokines and growth factors activate the Stat family of transcription factors.
Pubmed
14
Learning tasks were designed to activate predominantly the right or left MTL.
Pubmed
15
Small-scale interventions can bring more lasting benefits and activate positive feedback loops.
The South African
16
Users must also respond to a confirmation e-mail to activate the capability.
Reuters
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Translations for activate
Activate through the time
Activate across language varieties
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