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reactivation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- 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 āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate ▲ English -ation English -ion English activation English reactivation From re- + activation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The activation of something previously inactive or inactivated.
   • “Many questions remain, including the criteria that will be used for these reactivations and whether this will apply to students who did not file lawsuits.” 2025 April 25, Tierney Sneed, Gloria Pazmino and Kristin Chapman, “Trump backs down in legal fight over canceling international students’ status records for now”, in CNN:
   • Perhaps most alarming, reports arrive each hour of reawakened Precursor artifacts, including orbital ribbons, star roads, planetary fortresses, and citadels. Combined defense forces are inadequate to investigate and confirm all instances of these reactivations. They appear to be galaxy-wide. 2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 18, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 187:
   • The link also requires reactivation between South Acton Junction and Old Kew Junction (Kew Bridge). Both currently have occasional empty stock workings and excursion traffic. 2024 March 6, Howard Johnston, “Network News: TfL prioritises London West Orbital for 2032”, in RAIL, number 1004, pages 14-15:

Forms

Deriveds

photoreactivation · postreactivation

Translations (12)

pl reaktywacja (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · fi uudelleenkäynnistys (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · ka მოქმედების განახლება (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · de Reaktivierung (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · sk reaktivizácia (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · ka რეაქტივაცია (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · fr réactivation (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · fi reaktivaatio (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · ka ხელახალი აქტივაცია (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · sv reaktivering (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · ka განმეორებით აქტივაცია (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated) · ka მუშაობის განახლება (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated)