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activation

  • /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/ UK
  • /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

noun activations

  1. countable, uncountable Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. Alarm activations cause the driver to have to stop the train - and in some cases walk back to reset it. The activations caused 1,032 minutes of delays and nine cancellations.
  2. countable, uncountable The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
  3. countable, uncountable The process by which molecules are made able to react.
  4. countable, uncountable The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign. using shopper activation to convert shoppers into buyers

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: energizing, actuation, commencement, startup, activity, incoming, elicitation, enabled, operation, initiation, enablement, enable, enabling, operationalization, revitalize, reactivation

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noun making active

Españolactivación
中文激活 jīhuó
Portuguêsativação
Françaisactivation
DeutschAktivierung, Aktivieren
Italianoattivazione
Românăactivație, activare
Русскийактива́ция aktivácija, активиза́ция aktivizácija
Tiếng Việtkích hoạt

noun making radioisotope

Españolactivación
Portuguêsactivação
Françaisactivation
DeutschAktivierung
Italianoattivazione

noun process through which molecules are made able to react

Españolactivación
Portuguêsativação
Françaisactivation
Italianoattivazione

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@misc{activation_2026,
  title = {activation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/activation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}