ACTUATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does actuate mean?
• ACTUATE (verb)
The verb ACTUATE has 2 senses:
1. put in motion or move to act
2. give an incentive for action
Familiarity information: ACTUATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACTUATE (verb)
Meaning:
Put in motion or move to act
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
activate; trigger off; trigger; touch off; spark off; spark; set off; actuate; trip
Context examples:
trigger a reaction / actuate the circuits
Hypernyms (to "actuate" is one way to...):
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
Cause:
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give an incentive for action
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
prompt; motivate; incite; actuate; propel; move
Context example:
This moved me to sacrifice my career
Hypernyms (to "actuate" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
