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activating

verb
SayAK-ti-vayt-ing/ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪŋ/

1 meaning of activating

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of activate.

    Activating the backup generator takes only a few seconds.

    The technician is activating the security system before locking up.

    Note

    One spelling does two jobs. After be it builds the progressive (she is activating the alarm), and on its own it heads a noun phrase (activating the alarm woke everyone). In both roles it keeps the verb's need for a direct object, because activate is transitive in every use: switching on a device, stimulating growth, making a molecule reactive, rendering a substance radioactive, or speeding a reaction by heating.

activating is a form of activate

activate, verb: To put a device, mechanism, or system into action; to trigger or set off. Full entry

Forms
activateactivates he/she/itactivating -ing formactivated past tense, past participle
Spelling
activate → activating: drop the e, add -ing

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