powering up
Bringing online now
Powering up is the process of turning on an electronic device or system, allowing it to initialize and become operational: The computer takes a minute powering up.
In video games and action contexts, powering up means gaining strength, energy, or enhanced abilities: The hero spent three episodes powering up before the final battle.
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- switching onCausing to operate
- ignitingCausing to burn
- initiatingCausing to start
- activationSetting into operation
startup · turning on · booting up · leveling up · level up · electricity · energizing · juicing up · firing up · respawning · booting · starting up · commencing · waking up · buffing · rejuvenation · amplification · engage
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- charging upphone charging, USB charging, wireless charging, fast charging, overnight charging
- intensificationamplification, escalation, heightening, intensification, magnification
powering uppowering down
Switching a device off
shutting down · turning off · switching off · powering off · shutting off
powering upshutting down
Ending operation or activity
winding down · spinning down · deactivating · disabling · standing down
powering uppowering down
Switching a device off
winding down · weakening · depleting · running down · draining
power, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerfully, powerless, powerlessness, empower