English synonyms about - contact  
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switch

noun

1 switch

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.

synonyms: electric switch, electrical switch.

Roget 975: scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, ... show more

Dutch: contact, schakelaar, schakelknop
Polish: łącznik elektryczny

2 switch

An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition.

Dutch: transpositie

3 switch

Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure.

4 switch

Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.

Dutch: wissel, schakelaar, twijg, spitsroede
Polish: zwrotnica

5 switch

A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.

Dutch: gard, garde, roe, roede

6 switch

A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.

7 switch

The act of changing one thing or position for another:
— His switch on abortion cost him the election.

synonyms: shift, switching.

Dutch: wissel, wisseling
Polish: metamorfoza, przekształcanie, przemiana, transformacja, przekształcenie, zmiana, przeobrażenie, zamiana

verb

1 switch

Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.

synonyms: exchange, switch over.

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

Dutch: omwisselen, switchen

2 switch

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.

synonyms: swap, swop, trade.

3 switch

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another:
— Switch to a different brand of beer.
— She switched psychiatrists.

synonyms: change, shift.

4 switch

Make a shift in or exchange of:
— First Joe led; then we switched.

synonyms: change over, shift.

5 switch

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation:
— Switch on the light.

synonyms: flip, throw.

6 switch

Flog with or as if with a flexible rod.

7 switch

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).

synonyms: alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, tack.


Moby thesaurus: about-face, accommodation, action, adaptation, adjustment, agency, alchemy, alteration, alternate, amelioration, anagnorisis, angle, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, appendage, architectonics, architecture, argument, arm ... show more.

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