käynnistää — meaning in English

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

1. verb To make something start working or become active.
2. verb To make a chemical or biological process more reactive or effective.

boot — full definition

1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
4. verb To kick something or someone.
5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

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