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switch Verb

— If you switch something, you change it to something else. He switched his book with mine. We switched to a cheaper brand of coffee. When they didn't seem to understand, he switched to French. Jump ten times, switch legs and repeat. I just switched jobs, and at my new job I don't have insurance. When his team was losing, he switched sides. — If you switch a light or machine on, you change something so that it has power and can work. She sat up in bed and switched on the light. — If you switch a light or machine off, you change something so that it doesn't have power and can't work. I switched off the computer and went to bed. — If you switch over to something, you change to it, often with no plan to change back to the first thing. We used to watch CNN, but we've switched over to BBC World News. It was difficult when I switched over from writing to acting. — If you switch gears, you change the way you think or act to match a particular situation. When I come home from work, it takes me a while to switch gears. — If you switch with somebody, you do something that they usually do and they do the thing that you usually do. Sibyl couldn't work on Tuesday, so I switched with her. — If you switch a machine to a particular setting or function, you set it to work that way. She switched the TV to another channel. She switched the plane to automatic pilot.

switch Noun

— A switch is what you use to turn lights or other machines and equipment on and off. The light switch is on the wall behind the door. Where's the on/off switch on this printer? — A switch is a change from one thing to another. It's often difficult for older people to make the switch to living alone. — A switch is a place on the track where trains can chose between two tracks. — A switch is a networking device that connects networks together by sending data (packets) only to the devices that need them. Switches are more efficient than hubs because they understand which device needs the data that other devices send them. — A switch is a thin stick.

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Simple sentences

Where's the light switch?

Switch off the vacuum cleaner now! Its noise is getting on my nerves.

Tom forgot to switch off the light in the hall before he left his house.

The last person is supposed to switch the light off.

I had to switch the lights on.

On no account must you touch that switch.

Instead, he worked a switch that controlled his computer.

Would you kindly switch off the radio?

Let me fix the switch.

I didn't know when to switch the machine off.

Switch off the light. I can't get to sleep.

Switch on the light. I can't see anything.

He was feeling for the light switch in the dark.

He flipped the switch and threw the room into brightness.

I felt after the switch in the dark.

I switch on my laptop, start up the browser, and type in the address I've already learnt by heart.

I felt for the light switch in the dark.

She pressed the switch.

She groped for the light switch in the dark.

Be sure to switch off the television before you go to sleep.

I wanted to switch channel, but my wife didn't let me.

I cannot switch the lamp on. The baby is sleeping.

May I switch off the light?

May I switch on the light?

Don't let him switch on the lamp.

News and current affairs

A team that is unable to keep going at full speed for the full 90 (or more) minutes, switch from defense to offense quickly with the whole team, and maintain control of the ball to restrict their opponents' movements won't stand much of a chance.

Fortunately, most Americans did not follow Greenspan's advice to switch to variable-rate mortgages.

It appears to have mostly learned its lesson about keeping out of politics, having been drawn into the coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August, 1991, only to switch sides when young officers and conscripts balked at carrying out orders.

The risk is that those countries that suffer from the switch retaliate and depreciate their own currencies.

Rather than relying on cutting a few tons of incredibly overpriced CO2 now, we need to invest in research and development aimed at innovating down the cost of green energy in the long run, so that everyone will switch.

For starters, to ease some of the resource pressure, livestock producers should switch to water-saving technologies, including drip irrigation.

In Europe, antipathy to immigrants, or Islam, can quickly switch to hostility toward the European Union, which is seen as yet another bastion of entrenched elites.

Some members of the ruling administration now want to allow people to voluntarily switch back to the state system, bringing with them contributions made during their years in the private capitalization system.

Millions of customers have willingly relied on them for their debit and credit payments, and simply have not found reason to switch to the SEPA system, with its different codes, abbreviations, and symbols.

To switch animal metaphors, it is a watchdog without teeth.

Third, we must switch from fossil fuels to electricity (or hydrogen produced by zero-carbon electricity) or in some cases (such as aviation) to advanced biofuels.

A railroad worker is standing next to a switch that can turn the boxcar onto a side track, killing one person, but allowing the five to survive.

Even citizens who prize accuracy have little way of knowing that they are sacrificing it when they switch channels from boring foxes to charismatic hedgehogs.

Is this a significant switch?

Thus, on a straightforward cost-benefit basis, it seems to make sense for most people to switch from incandescent bulbs to the new, greener technology.

Time and again, regulators and policymakers - to say nothing of political leaders - have been asleep at the switch in condoning market excesses.

This is one of the highest such subsidies in the world, attesting to the authorities' seriousness about encouraging consumers and fleet owners to switch.

Mountains and oceans are hard to move, but portions of cyberspace can be turned on and off by throwing a switch.

With minimal health risks compared to tobacco smoking, PNVs face only one real barrier to use: smokers' willingness to switch.

At the time, I proposed that the UK switch from a ROC regime to a 20-year feed-in tariff. I still believe that this is the right way to proceed.

All countries must reduce their use of fossil fuels and switch to renewable energy sources as soon and as much as possible.

Even the most flexible economy in the world would take years to switch one-tenth of all of its factors of production from distributing imports to export-oriented activities.

Rebalancing also involves a global demand switch from external-deficit countries to those running large current-account surpluses.

The left favored flows to their natural constituency, while the right welcomed new property owners who could, perhaps, be convinced to switch party allegiance.