Switch
51switch — [16] Switch originally denoted a ‘thin flexible twig’; it may have been borrowed from 493 sympathy Middle Dutch swijch ‘bough, twig’. From the noun was derived the verb switch. This originally meant ‘beat with a switch’, but in the early 19th… …
52switch on — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms switch on : present tense I/you/we/they switch on he/she/it switches on present participle switching on past tense switched on past participle switched on if you switch on something such as a… …
53switch — [16] Switch originally denoted a ‘thin flexible twig’; it may have been borrowed from Middle Dutch swijch ‘bough, twig’. From the noun was derived the verb switch. This originally meant ‘beat with a switch’, but in the early 19th century the… …
54Switch — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino ELECTRICIDAD Conmutador eléctrico. * * * switch (ingl.; pronunc. [suich]; Chi., Col., Guat., Méj., Pan., Perú, P. Rico, R. Dom., Salv., Ven.) m. Interruptor. * * * Un switch (en castellano interruptor o… …
55switch on — PHRASAL VERB If you switch on a light or other electrical device, you make it start working by operating a switch. [V P n (not pron)] She emptied both their mugs and switched on the electric kettle... [V n P] He pointed the light at his feet and… …
56switch — noun 1》 a device for making and breaking an electrical connection. ↘Computing a program variable which activates or deactivates a function. ↘Computing a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network. 2》 a change …
57switch — 1. noun 1) the switch on top of the telephone Syn: button, lever, control 2) a switch from direct to indirect taxation Syn: change, move, shift, transition, transformation, reversal, turnaround …
58switch — perjungiklis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. change over switch; commutator; reverser; switch; throw over switch vok. Schalter, m; Umschalter, m rus. переключатель, m pranc. commutateur, m; inverseur, m …
59switch on — 1. in. to come alive. □ She saw her child and immediately switched on. □ I don’t switch on until about noon. 2. in. to become modern and participate in current fads and events. □ I am too old to switch on. □ …
60switch on — verb a) to turn a switch to the on position in order to start or enable a device b) to change ones expression or appearance as if by turning a switch …
