switch on

English

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Verb

switch on (third-person singular simple present switches on, present participle switching on, simple past and past participle switched on)

1. (transitive) To turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device.
2. (idiomatic) To change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch.

Synonyms

• start up
• turn on

Antonyms

• shut off
• switch off
• turn off

Coordinate terms

• keep on
• leave on

Derived terms

• switch on the afterburners

 

Translations

to turn a switch to the "on" position

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: piztu (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打開／打开 (zh) (dǎkāi), 開／开 (zh) (kāi)

• Czech: zapnout (cs)
• Danish: tænde (da), starte (op)
• Dutch: aanzetten (nl), inschakelen (nl)
• Esperanto: enŝalti
• Finnish: kytkeä (fi) (mains), käynnistää (fi) (piece of equipment), sytyttää (fi) (lights)
• French: allumer (fr)
• Georgian: ჩართვა (čartva)
• German: anschalten (de), einschalten (de)
• Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
• Hungarian: bekapcsol (hu)
• Ido: enswichar (io)
• Italian: accendere (it)
• Japanese: 付ける (ja) (つける, tsukeru)
• Khmer: បើក (km) (baək)
• Korean: 켜다 (ko) (kyeoda)
• Kyrgyz: күйгүзүү (ky) (küygüzüü), жандыруу (ky) (jandıruu)
• Ladino: acender
• Maori: whakakā
• Polish: włączać (pl) impf, włączyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ligar (pt)
• Romanian: aprinde (ro)
• Russian: включа́ть (ru) impf (vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf (vključítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir air
• Slovene: vključiti, vklopiti
• Spanish: encender (es), prender (es)
• Swedish: sätta på (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: (lambayı, ışığı) açmak (tr), (düğmeye, şaltere) basmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: bật (vi)
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can

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