switch on

switch on
verb
cause to operate by flipping a switch (Freq. 5)
-

switch on the light

-

turn on the stereo

• Syn: ↑turn on
• Ant: ↑switch off
• Hypernyms: ↑throw, ↑flip, ↑switch
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s something

* * *

switch on
1. To turn on (an electrical device)
2. To assume (false emotion, insincere charm, etc) at will
• • •
Main Entry: ↑switch

* * *

ˌswitch ˈon [intransitive/transitive] [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] phrasal verb
if you switch on something such as a light or a machine, or if it switches on, you make it start working

Don’t switch on the light.

The machine switches on automatically.

Thesaurus: to make a machine or piece of equipment workhyponym to work, or to start working of a piece of machinerysynonym
Main entry: switch

* * *

switch on [phrasal verb]
switch (something) on or switch on (something) : to turn on (something) by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.

I switched on the TV and watched the news.

• • •
Main Entry: ↑switch

* * *

ˌswitch ˈoff/ˈon | ˌswitch sthˈoff/ˈon derived
to turn a light, machine, etc. off/on by pressing a button or switch

•

Please switch the lights off as you leave.

•

How do you switch this thing on?

•

The electricity has been switched off.

•

We only switched on halfway through the programme.

Main entry: ↑switchderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • SWITCH — – Teleinformatikdienste für Lehre und Forschung Rechtsform Stiftung Gründung 1987 Sitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Switch On! — Single par Anna Tsuchiya Face A Switch On! Face B Switch On！Rock n Roll States edit.（inst） Sortie 23 novembre 2011 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Switch — Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. {Swink}, {Swing}.] 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster] Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Switch (DJ) — Switch (a.k.a. Dave Taylor, A. Brucker, Solid Groove) is a UK based DJ, sound engineer and record producer. A leading figure of the fidget house genre, Switch runs his own music label Dubsided. He further produces with fellow DJ/Producer Sinden,… …   Wikipedia

  • Switch — Switch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Switching}.] 1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. [1913 Webster] 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • switch — [swich] n. [Early ModE swits, prob. < MDu or LowG, as in MDu swick, a whip, akin to ON sveigr, flexible stalk: for IE base see SWOOP] 1. a thin, flexible twig, rod, stick, etc., esp. one used for whipping 2. the bushy part of the tail in some… …   English World dictionary

  • Switch — trademark a type of system used for paying for goods and services in the UK, by which customers use a type of plastic card called a ↑debit card, and money is immediately taken out of their bank account ▪ Do you take Switch? ▪ I ll pay by Switch …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • switch — ► NOUN 1) a device for making and breaking an electrical connection. 2) a change or exchange. 3) a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree. 4) N. Amer. a set of points on a railway track. 5) a tress of hair used in hairdressing to supplement… …   English terms dictionary

  • Switch — Switch, v. i. To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • switch — s.m.inv. ES ingl. 1. TS elettr. → commutatore | TS elettron. dispositivo a scatto che consente di impostare il parametro di funzionamento di un congegno scegliendo tra due o più posizioni 2. TS inform. in un programma, istruzione che consente di… …   Dizionario italiano

  • switch — SVITCI/ s. n. modalitate de plată a importului de mărfuri, utilizată în cazul în care debitorului îi lipsesc mijloacele de plată. (< engl. switch) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”