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PRONUNCIATION OF INACTIVATE

inactivate  [ɪnˈæktɪˌveɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INACTIVATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inactivate 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 inactivate in English.

WHAT DOES INACTIVATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inactivate in the English dictionary

The definition of inactivate in the dictionary is to render inactive.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INACTIVATE

PRESENT

Present
I inactivate
you inactivate
he/she/it inactivates
we inactivate
you inactivate
they inactivate
Present continuous
I am inactivating
you are inactivating
he/she/it is inactivating
we are inactivating
you are inactivating
they are inactivating
Present perfect
I have inactivated
you have inactivated
he/she/it has inactivated
we have inactivated
you have inactivated
they have inactivated
Present perfect continuous
I have been inactivating
you have been inactivating
he/she/it has been inactivating
we have been inactivating
you have been inactivating
they have been inactivating
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 inactivated
you inactivated
he/she/it inactivated
we inactivated
you inactivated
they inactivated
Past continuous
I was inactivating
you were inactivating
he/she/it was inactivating
we were inactivating
you were inactivating
they were inactivating
Past perfect
I had inactivated
you had inactivated
he/she/it had inactivated
we had inactivated
you had inactivated
they had inactivated
Past perfect continuous
I had been inactivating
you had been inactivating
he/she/it had been inactivating
we had been inactivating
you had been inactivating
they had been inactivating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you inactivate
we let´s inactivate
you inactivate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to inactivate
Past participle
inactivated
Present Participle
inactivating
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 INACTIVATE


activate
ˈæktɪˌveɪt
aestivate
ˈiːstɪˌveɪt
captivate
ˈkæptɪˌveɪt
cocultivate
ˌkəʊˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
cultivate
ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
deactivate
diːˈæktɪˌveɪt
derivate
ˈderɪˌveɪt
elevate
ˈɛlɪˌveɪt
estivate
ˈiːstɪˌveɪt
insalivate
ɪnˈsælɪˌveɪt
motivate
ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
objectivate
əbˈdʒɛktɪˌveɪt
passivate
ˈpæsɪˌveɪt
radioactivate
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪˌveɪt
reactivate
rɪˈæktɪˌveɪt
recultivate
riːˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
remotivate
riːˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
salivate
ˈsælɪˌveɪt
titivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt
tittivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INACTIVATE

inaccessibility
inaccessible
inaccessibleness
inaccessibly
inaccuracies
inaccuracy
inaccurate
inaccurately
inaccurateness
inaction
inactivation
inactive
inactively
inactiveness
inactivity
inadaptable
inadaptation
inadaptive
inadequacy
inadequate

WORDS THAT END LIKE INACTIVATE

aggravate
buck private
clavate
cravate
demotivate
enervate
excavate
in private
innervate
innovate
khedivate
obovate
ovate
private
pyruvate
renovate
savate
semiprivate
solvate
subovate

Synonyms and antonyms of inactivate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inactivate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INACTIVATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

灭活
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inactivar
570 millions of speakers

English

inactivate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعطيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инактивации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inativar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ক্রিয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inactiver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak aktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inaktivieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不活性化する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비활성화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mateni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất hoạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயல்படவிடாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रिय करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inaktive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inattivare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inaktywacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інактивації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inactiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδρανοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inaktiveer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inaktivera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inaktivere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inactivate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INACTIVATE»

The term «inactivate» is regularly used and occupies the 71.769 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INACTIVATE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INACTIVATE»

Discover the use of inactivate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inactivate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Molecular Biology: A Project Approach
See the protocols for running gels for the recipes. If additional manipulations will be required, for example, addition of another enzyme, such as Klenow fragment or ligase, alternative ways to inactivate the restriction endonuclease must be ...
Susan J. Karcher, 1995
2
Beginning PL/SQL: From Novice to Professional
They are get_id and inactivate().The method get_id is shown without parentheses because it takes no arguments. From my point of view, these “black box” methods should exist in every table package and object TYPE. Let's start with get_id.
Donald Bales, 2007
3
Nuclease Methods and Protocols
An RNA pellet may also be dissolved in RNAsecure Resuspension solution to inactivate contaminating RNases in the RNA preparation. The following is a method to inactivate a potential RNase contamination from all the components in a ...
Catherine H. Schein, 2001
4
Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation
Although the early work of Klein and DeForest (1963) suggested the predictability of virucidal effects, later work of Klein and DeForest (1983) revealed that a wide range of alcohol concentrations was required to inactivate similar viruses.
Seymour Stanton Block, 2001
5
Clostridium Botulinum: Ecology and Control in Foods
Since, according to the authors, 3 mg/1 ozone are used in water treatment plants, that concentration would be adequate to inactivate botulinum toxins. D. Other Coagulation with FeCI3 and absorption to activated powdered carbon failed to ...
Hauschild, 1992
6
Rice Science and Technology
Although there are many potentially suitable means to stabilize or inactivate the lipase in rice bran, most commercial systems currently utilized in the United States use the moisture-added or dry extrusion methods. These systems were ...
Wayne E Marshall, James I. Wadsworth, 1993
7
AIDS and HIV in Perspective: A Guide to Understanding the ...
Boiling temperature would undoubtedly inactivate the virus within minutes and can be used, when necessary, to sterilize instruments, provided organic material has been removed. It is, however, critically important to reiterate that these survival ...
B. D. Schoub, 1999
8
Membrane Permeability: 100 Years Since Ernest Overton: 100 ...
Physiologically it is clear that a foot in the door mechanism is a simplification because the channel can inactivate to some degree before the channel conducts and because, during recovery from inactivation, the channel does not leak during  ...
‎1999
9
Epidermal Cells: Methods and Protocols
Embryos/fetuses are incubated (all incubations at room temperature unless stated otherwise) in five parts methanol one part H2O2 for 1–2 h with gentle rocking to inactivate endogenous peroxidases plus bleach the pigments from skin. 2.
Kursad Turksen, 2005
10
Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops
Combined use of low hydrostatic pressure with certain bacteriocins or high field pulses are known to inactivate efficiently vegetative cells of spore forming bacteria. Effect of high pressure processing may be enhanced by combined use of nisin ...
K. P. Sudheer, V. Indira, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INACTIVATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inactivate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blue Light Can Inactivate Foodborne Pathogens - The Pig Site
Blue Light Can Inactivate Foodborne Pathogens. 17 July 2015. SINGAPORE - A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found ... «ThePigSite.com, Jul 15»
2
Pentagon Blames Anthrax Fiasco on No One - The Daily Beast
The Pentagon report said there were “deficiencies” in the lab's radiation dosing, which refers to the amount of radiation used to inactivate the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
3
Blood Cancer Journal - Targeting the Pim kinases in multiple myeloma
Pims also inactivate Forkhead transcription factors to downregulate p27. Pims target the G1/S transition point by phosphorylating CDC25A, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Schoenwetter Supplements Announces RxQ Antioxidant Complex …
This system uses antioxidants, molecules that are able to safely interact with free radicals and disable or "inactivate" them. Antioxidants battle ... «PharmiWeb.com, Jul 15»
5
Blueberries and bugs: Can UV light help? | barfblog
blueberries In this study, a novel setup using UV processing in agitated water was developed to inactivate Escherichia coli O157:H7 and ... «Barfblog, Jul 15»
6
University of Washington chemists help develop a novel drug to fight …
Since DHODH performs such a critical role in malaria cells, scientists had long sought drugs that would inactivate it. The Texas researchers ... «Pharmaceutical Processing, Jul 15»
7
Light-based technologies help improve food shelf life, guard against …
Light technology provides a more cost-efficient and effective new way to process foods to effectively inactivate these dangerous ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
8
Light-gated control of cell division
This makes it possible, for the first time, to restrict its action to particular sites – and to inactivate it at will, since the reaction is reversible,” ... «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
9
Transforming berberine into its intestine-absorbable form by the gut …
... our attention to the other factors. To inactivate proteins within the reaction system, the intestinal homogenate solution was boiled for 2 min. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
10
Digestion of Nucleic Acids Starts in the Stomach
The ligation was kept at room temperature for 1 h then heated to 65 °C for 15 min to inactivate T4 DNA ligase enzyme. A 20% denaturing ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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