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Meaning of "actuate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACTUATE

From Medieval Latin actuātus, from actuāre to incite to action, from Latin āctusact.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACTUATE

actuate  [ˈæktʃʊˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACTUATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Actuate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb actuate in English.

WHAT DOES ACTUATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of actuate in the English dictionary

The definition of actuate in the dictionary is to put into action or mechanical motion. Other definition of actuate is to motivate or incite into action.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACTUATE

PRESENT

Present
I actuate
you actuate
he/she/it actuates
we actuate
you actuate
they actuate
Present continuous
I am actuating
you are actuating
he/she/it is actuating
we are actuating
you are actuating
they are actuating
Present perfect
I have actuated
you have actuated
he/she/it has actuated
we have actuated
you have actuated
they have actuated
Present perfect continuous
I have been actuating
you have been actuating
he/she/it has been actuating
we have been actuating
you have been actuating
they have been actuating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I actuated
you actuated
he/she/it actuated
we actuated
you actuated
they actuated
Past continuous
I was actuating
you were actuating
he/she/it was actuating
we were actuating
you were actuating
they were actuating
Past perfect
I had actuated
you had actuated
he/she/it had actuated
we had actuated
you had actuated
they had actuated
Past perfect continuous
I had been actuating
you had been actuating
he/she/it had been actuating
we had been actuating
you had been actuating
they had been actuating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will actuate
you will actuate
he/she/it will actuate
we will actuate
you will actuate
they will actuate
Future continuous
I will be actuating
you will be actuating
he/she/it will be actuating
we will be actuating
you will be actuating
they will be actuating
Future perfect
I will have actuated
you will have actuated
he/she/it will have actuated
we will have actuated
you will have actuated
they will have actuated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been actuating
you will have been actuating
he/she/it will have been actuating
we will have been actuating
you will have been actuating
they will have been actuating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would actuate
you would actuate
he/she/it would actuate
we would actuate
you would actuate
they would actuate
Conditional continuous
I would be actuating
you would be actuating
he/she/it would be actuating
we would be actuating
you would be actuating
they would be actuating
Conditional perfect
I would have actuate
you would have actuate
he/she/it would have actuate
we would have actuate
you would have actuate
they would have actuate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been actuating
you would have been actuating
he/she/it would have been actuating
we would have been actuating
you would have been actuating
they would have been actuating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you actuate
we let´s actuate
you actuate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to actuate
Past participle
actuated
Present Participle
actuating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACTUATE


accentuate
ækˈsɛntʃʊˌeɪt
attenuate
əˈtɛnjʊˌeɪt
benzoate
ˈbɛnzəʊˌeɪt
continuate
kənˈtɪnjʊˌeɪt
dimethoate
daɪˈmeθəʊˌeɪt
disambiguate
ˌdɪsæmˈbɪɡjʊˌeɪt
effectuate
ɪˈfɛktjʊˌeɪt
ethanoate
ˈɛθənəʊˌeɪt
evacuate
ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt
evaluate
ɪˈvæljʊˌeɪt
eventuate
ɪˈvɛntʃʊˌeɪt
fluctuate
ˈflʌktjʊˌeɪt
individuate
ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊˌeɪt
overaccentuate
ˌəʊvərækˈsɛntʃʊˌeɪt
perpetuate
pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt
punctuate
ˈpʌŋktjʊˌeɪt
reactuate
riːˈæktʃʊˌeɪt
resituate
riːˈsɪtʃʊˌeɪt
situate
ˈsɪtjʊˌeɪt
valuate
ˈvæljʊˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACTUATE

actual
actual bodily harm
actual sin
actual total loss
actualisation
actualise
actualist
actualities
actuality
actualization
actualize
actually
actuals
actuarial
actuarially
actuaries
actuary
actuation
actuator
acture

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACTUATE

adequate
antiquate
arcuate
college graduate
eluate
equate
extenuate
fructuate
graduate
inadequate
infatuate
insinuate
interpunctuate
menstruate
mispunctuate
postgraduate
re-evaluate
sinuate
tumultuate
undergraduate

Synonyms and antonyms of actuate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACTUATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «actuate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of actuate

Translation of «actuate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACTUATE

Find out the translation of actuate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of actuate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «actuate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

accionar
570 millions of speakers

English

actuate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उकसाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحفيز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

привод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

accionar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সক্রিয় করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

actionner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggalakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betätigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

作動させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작동 하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Actuate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vận chuyển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्मसात करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

harekete geçirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

azionare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

napęd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

привод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Acționați
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενεργοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beklemtoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

növrera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betjene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of actuate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTUATE»

The term «actuate» is regularly used and occupies the 63.116 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTUATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «actuate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «actuate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about actuate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTUATE»

Discover the use of actuate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to actuate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Creating Actuate Reports
Mohammed Azizuddin Aamer. use Management Console, you need Internet Explorer 5.x and higher, or Netscape Navigator 4.x and higher. Using auto- archive As part of auto archive, a system administrator can specify an archive library that ...
Mohammed Azizuddin Aamer
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InfoWorld
APPLICATIONS ACTUATE HAS JOINED 111 this summer's BI feeding frenzy with its acquisition of Seattle-based data integration products developer Nimble Technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The BI sector of data  ...
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In & striking-machine, thn combination of a case, a supportiog- plate, a train of levers engaged with aaid plate, an indicating device, a rack-bar to actuate said device actuated by said levers, means to actuate said levers, a locking device to  ...
United States. Patent Office, 1902
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InfoWorld
The company has also introduced the dual-capable PowerEdge 4200 at a cost of $1 1,373 for a sys- Intranet software Actuate Reporting System 3.0 to add Web publish capabilities Anytime Two Companies Like Compaq and Microsoft get ...
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InfoWorld
Friendly. Bl. Takes. Shape. Actuate,. MicroStrategy. unveil. platforms. for. knowledge. workers. Munich government officials approve rolling out the Linux OS and other open source applications in more than 14,000 city administration computers ...
6
Elements of Public Speaking
To actuate is only to move physically. To convince is only to move mentally. To stimulate is only to move emotionally. Remaining unaltered are the general purposes to inform and to entertain. To Actuate A speech to actuate is a speech which ...
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
The combination with a furnace door casing of a bracket ; a feed plate ; guide wings adapted to oscillate thereon ; rods intermediately connected with and adapted to actuate the guide wings ; a ratchet wheel pivotally mounted on the bracket ...
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InfoWorld
Bl Reporting Tools Improve MicroStrategy, Actuate, QlikTech enhance but simplify reporting tools Monthly Operational Metrics MicroStrategy's Report Services can be used to send personalized reports such as scorecards, managed metrics, ...
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InfoWorld
PRODUCT. REVIEWS. Xeon. boosts. Intel. workstations. ▻. Enterprise. reporting. software. Awkward. designer. hobbles. Actuate. reports. Beefier Domino Joe 2.0 shows impressive maturation DOMINO.DOC'S new event ...
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Symbolic Kinematics and Dynamics Analysis and Control of a ...
75 Figure 5-5: When Baumgarte stabilization constraint 30 α = , 30 β = , simulation time=2s, fixed time step 1e-3, integrator ode4 (Runge-Kutta) (a) Simulation code builder, (b) generated actuate forces block, (c) MATLAB/ Simulink simulation, ...
Yao Wang, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTUATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term actuate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Air Tools for Heavy-Duty Crimping
In automobiles, wire ropes can be used to actuate the parking brake, gear shifter and throttle. Metal sleeves are usually applied to each end of ... «Assembly Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Car Talk: Basic scanner is perfect for shadetree mechanic
The other nice thing our scanners do is allow us to actuate certain components, which also helps in diagnosis. For example, if we're diagnosing ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Bendix offers S-cam brake maintenance tips
This will actuate the brakes between 90 and 100 psi, Bendix experts claim. Note the new position of the center of the clevis pin on the ruler. «Truck News, Jul 15»
4
S-Cam Foundation Brakes: Proper Preventative Maintenance
This will actuate the brakes between 90 and 100 psi. Note the new position of the center of the clevis pin on the ruler. The distance between the two marks ... «Truckinginfo, Jul 15»
5
Ekso Bionics: Strong Buy For 150-350% Upside On Three H2:15 …
... to actuate motors, and this profile will severely limit their applicability in modern construction environments as well as increase the cost to the ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
6
China-India: Revisiting the 'Water Wars' Narrative
... as well as the huge difference in water flow between dry and monsoon seasons, it is very difficult to have a precise and actuate measurement ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
7
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix 2 Review
Its keys have 1.5 mm of travel and require 60 grams of force to actuate, both sweet spots for a good notebook keyboard. The Surface Pro 3's ... «Laptop Mag, Jun 15»
8
Pilot Report: Embraer Legacy 500
While the sidesticks operate independently, there are protections for when both pilots actuate the controls at the same time. If both pilots move ... «Aviation International News, Jun 15»
9
Driving Instructor Illustrates The Advantages Of Porsche Chassis …
By reading these inputs continuously, the PTV computer can actuate either of the rear brakes strategically to limit torque, sending it to the ... «Motrolix, Jun 15»
10
This is Why High Times Ranks the Crafty Vape Number One
From there you can actuate the temperature, check the battery levels, adjust LED and haptic feedback settings, and get all the logged data ... «Tech Cocktail, Jun 15»

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