"inactivate" meaning in All languages combined

See inactivate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈnæktɪveɪt/ Forms: inactivates [present, singular, third-person], inactivating [participle, present], inactivated [participle, past], inactivated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English inactivate From inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or in- + activate. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|inactive|-ate<id:verb>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English inactivate [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be driving", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂eǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éǵeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*agō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "sl.", "keyword_label" : "Semantic loan from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐνεργητῐκός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "semantic loan" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "āctīvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ināctīvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "inactif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inactive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "verb", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inactivate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="inactivate">, {{af|en|inactive|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{prefix|en|in|activate}} in- + activate Head templates: {{en-verb}} inactivate (third-person singular simple present inactivates, present participle inactivating, simple past and past participle inactivated)
  1. (transitive) To make inactive. Tags: transitive Derived forms: deinactivate, inactivatable, inactivator, noninactivating, phosphoinactivating, photoinactivate, thermoinactivate, uninactivated Related terms: deactivate, disactivate Translations (to put out of action): 使不活動 /使不活动 (shǐ bùhuódòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不活発にする (fukappatsuni-suru) (alt: ふかっぱつにする) (Japanese), whakakaurapa (Māori)

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} inactivate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of inactivar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: inactivar
    Sense id: en-inactivate-es-verb-wG5D3JlT Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "inactivates",
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    },
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      "form": "inactivating",
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        "participle",
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    },
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      "form": "inactivated",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Māori translations"
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          "ref": "1974, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye:",
          "text": "'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'",
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        }
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        "To make inactive."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To make inactive."
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈnæktɪveɪt/"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shǐ bùhuódòng",
      "sense": "to put out of action",
      "word": "使不活動 /使不活动"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふかっぱつにする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "fukappatsuni-suru",
      "sense": "to put out of action",
      "word": "不活発にする"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "lang_code": "mi",
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      "word": "whakakaurapa"
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}

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