Definition of Activating

Adjective: activating  'ak-ti,vey-ting

1. Causing motion, action or change
   "The aeroplane has self-activating flaps on the wings";
   - actuating

Noun: activating  'ak-ti,vey-ting

1. The activity of causing to have energy and be active
   - energizing, activation, energising [Brit]

Verb: activate  'ak-ti,veyt

1. Put in motion or move to act
   "activate the circuits";
   - trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
    
2. Make active or more active
   "activate an old file"
    
3. Make more adsorptive
   "activate a metal"
    
4. Aerate (sewage) so as to favour the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
   - aerate
    
5. Make (substances) radioactive

See also:
activates
activation

Anagrams containing the word activating

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