reactivate

«reactivate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something work or become active again after it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (reactivate, reactivates, reactivated, reactivating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something work or become active again after it was stopped or switched off: «reactivate your account». tree →

2) (science) To start a chemical, a volcano, a virus or a process working again. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday computing you reactivate accounts or alarms; in science volcanoes and germs can reactivate; in health, the chickenpox virus can reactivate later as shingles. Phrases: «reactivate an account», «reactivate the alarm», «reactivated volcano».

examples

• Mum reactivated the burglar alarm before we left. tree →
• You must reactivate your library card every year. tree →
• Scientists think the volcano could reactivate. tree →
• The chickenpox virus can reactivate years later as shingles. tree →
• Click the link to reactivate your account. tree →
• Adding water reactivated the dried yeast. tree →

note

Prefix re- means «again»: re + activate. Noun: reactivation. Online safety: be careful of scam emails asking you to «reactivate your account» with a link; check with an adult.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reactivate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.