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activation code |
a set of characters, consisting of numbers, letters, characters, or a combination of these, that is sent by a website to a user's email so that the website can verify the user's email address and comply with the user's request to begin a new service or change personal information. Once received, the user enters the code into the provided box on the website so that fulfillment of the user's request can begin. |
an |
another word for a. It is used before words that start with a, e, i, o, or u, or before words that begin with vowel sounds. |
appear |
to begin to be seen. [1/3 definitions] |
approach |
to begin to work on; prepare to do. [1/6 definitions] |
attack |
to begin to cause violent or serious harm to. [1/2 definitions] |
began |
past tense of begin. |
beget |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father. [1/2 definitions] |
begun |
past participle of begin. |
bite |
to begin or proceed to eat. [1/19 definitions] |
break into |
to suddenly begin to display (evidence of an emotional or physical reaction). [1/6 definitions] |
break out |
of a disease, to begin to infect people and spread. [1/5 definitions] |
brew |
to begin to form or develop. [1/4 definitions] |
bud1 |
a flower that has just begun to open or remains tight but will likely begin to open soon. [1/8 definitions] |
budge |
to change or begin to change position slightly. [2 definitions] |
burst out |
to suddenly begin (doing something), as if having exploded. |
catch |
to begin to burn. [1/13 definitions] |
cockcrow |
the time when roosters begin to crow; dawn or daybreak. |
colonize |
to establish a settlement on (a distant territory) and begin to rule. |
come |
to begin to occur or exist, esp. through some evolving process. [1/12 definitions] |
come into being |
to begin existence. |
come on |
to begin to be broadcast. [1/7 definitions] |
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