ενεργοποιώ — meaning in English

English meaning

• activate verb To make something start working or become active.
• actuate verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
• enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.

Senses

ενεργοποιώ 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.
• actuate (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
• enable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
• fire up (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.
• turn on (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

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.

actuate — full definition

1. verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
2. verb To incite to action; to motivate.

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