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trigger

verbid 728·updated May 11, 2026
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To cause a process to happen or a mechanism to take place.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

pasttense
triggered
presentparticiple
triggering
thirdpersonsingular
triggers
pastparticiple
triggered

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
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To cause a process to happen or a mechanism to take place.

Outgoing relationships

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This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

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