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"Activated"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ɒn/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted noStarts with OEnds with N15 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Resting atop something

Word origin

From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

Used in a sentence

  • “All the lights are on, so they must be home.”
  • “We had to ration our food because there was a war on.”
  • “Some of the cast went down with flu, but the show's still on.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer15 curated clues

01“Activated”2 letters
02“Currently active”2 letters
03“Currently airing”2 letters
04“In operation”2 letters
05“Lit, as a screen”2 letters
06“Live, as TV coverage”2 letters
07“Live, as a broadcast”2 letters
08“Playing, as a radio”2 letters
09“Powered up”2 letters
10“Powered, as a device”2 letters
11“Running, as a machine”2 letters
12“Switched in use”2 letters
13“Switched live”2 letters
14“Switched to active”2 letters
15“Not off”2 letters

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