käynnistää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- activate verb To make something start working or become active.
- boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
- execute verb To carry out or put into effect.
- initiate verb To start something, especially a formal process.
- institute noun An organization set up for a particular purpose, often research, education, or a professional cause.
- mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
- start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
- trigger noun The small lever pulled with a finger to fire a gun.
Senses
käynnistää is used for these senses in English:
- activate (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
- boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
- crank up To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
- execute (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- execute (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.
- initiate (transitive) To begin; to start.
- institute (transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.
- mount (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
activate — full definition
- verb To make something start working or become active.
- verb To make a chemical or biological process more reactive or effective.
boot — full definition
- noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
- noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
- noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
- verb To kick something or someone.
- verb To dismiss or eject someone.