'switch' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'switch' with 20 example sentences.

switch noun

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

: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

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

: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

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

: the act of changing one thing or position for another

switch verb

: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

: exchange or give (something) in exchange for

: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

: make a shift in or exchange of

: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

: flog with or as if with a flexible rod

: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

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

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

Have you switched off your mobile?

Why did you switch the light off?

I switched my computer off.

I was hot, so I switched on the fan.

If you touch this switch, it will open the curtains automatically.

This machine has a lot of switches and buttons.

I switched to Google Chrome and it worked.

He knows how to switch off this machine.

They switched places with each other.

I switched on the microphone.

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

Why is the router switched off?

Can you switch the radio on, please?

I switched off the motor.

She switched on the lamp because it was dark.

Please switch off the light.

Why doesn't the U.S. switch to the metric system?

Don't switch the subject.

Words related to 'switch'

change exchange shift whip rod twig