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activating Meaning & Definition

What Does Activating Mean?

As a verb, activating means present participle and gerund of activate.

Part of speech	verb
Synonyms	activation, energizing and actuating
Antonyms	deactivate and inactivate

To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
To render more reactive; excite.
To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
To render a substance radioactive.
To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
To organize or create a military unit or station.
To bring a player back after an injury.

activating

Activating is a verb.

You can replace activating with words such as activation, energizing and actuating. See the full list of activating synonyms and antonyms.

The opposite of activating can be expressed with words like deactivate and inactivate.