trigger
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To cause a process to happen or a mechanism to take place.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
release or pull the trigger on
Wordset Dictionary
put in motion or move to act
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- trip
- pasttense
- triggered
- presentparticiple
- triggering
- thirdpersonsingular
- triggers
- pastparticiple
- triggered