powered on
Started up electronically
Powered on describes something that has been switched on and is receiving electrical current or is operational.
The phrase typically applies to electronic devices: Make sure the computer is powered on before starting the update.
It can also describe the action of turning something on: She powered on the tablet.
- enabledMade something possible
- turned onMade active or operational
- switched onMade operational by toggling
- appliedPut into practice
- activatedMade operational
booted · booted up · initialized · energized · juiced · plugged in · running · up and running · switched · online · operational · ready to go · good to go · all systems go · functional · available · fired up · toggled
operational state
powered onpowered off
Without electrical current
turned off · off · shut down · switched off · shut off
power, powered, powers, powering, powerful, powerfully, powerless, powerlessness, empower