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   switch

   /swiCH/

   noun

   • 1. a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit: "the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open" Similar buttonhandleleverkeycontrolcontrollerdiskdialjoystickcircuit breaker
   • ▪ a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program.
   • 2. an act of adopting one policy or way of life, or choosing one type of item, in place of another; a change, especially a radical one: "his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer" Similar changechange of directionmoveshifttransitiontransformationdiversionreversalturnaroundswerveU-turnrowbackchangeovertransferconversionsubstitutionexchangeinterchangeabout-turnexchangeswaptradesubstitutioninterchangereplacementrotation
   • 3. a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree. Similar branchtwigshootstickrod
   • 4. a junction of two railroad tracks, with a pair of linked tapering rails that can be moved laterally to allow a train to pass from one line to the other. North American
   • 5. a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.

   verb

   • 1. change the position, direction, or focus of: "the company switched the boats to other routes" Similar changeshiftconvertdivertredirectreverseinformal:chop and change
   • ▪ adopt (something different) in place of something else; change: "she's managed to switch careers"
   • ▪ substitute (two items) for each other; exchange: "after ten minutes, listener and speaker switch roles" Similar exchangeswapinterchangetradesubstitutecause to change placesreplacerotate
   • 2. beat or flick with or as if with a switch. archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a thin tapering riding whip): probably from Low German.

   Derivatives

   • 1. switchable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   Synonyms and antonyms of switch in English. switch. Thesaurus > to make different > switch. These are words and phrases related to switch. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of switch. TO MAKE DIFFERENT. We've switched over to low-fat milk. Synonyms and examples. change.

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   Synonyms for SWITCHED: swopped, traded, substituted, exchanged, shifted, whipped, turned, transferred, sidetracked, interchanged, changed, flogged, commuted, diverted, shifted, changed, flipped, alternated.

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