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(noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
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Synonyms: shift, switching |
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Related Words: change, switcheroo |
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(verb) make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" |
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Synonyms: change over, shift, turn around |
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Related Words: alter, back, change |
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(noun) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
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Related Words: basketball play |
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(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
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Synonyms: change, shift |
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Related Words: break, channel-surf, cut, diphthongize, jump, leap, surf |
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(satellite adjective) (baseball) able to bat either right-handed or left-handed; "a switch hitter" |
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(noun) a flexible implement used for punishment |
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Related Words: birch, birch rod, cane, ferule, instrument of punishment, ratan, rattan |
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(noun) a mechanical, electrical, or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
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Related Words: button, commutator, control, controller, ignition switch, on-off switch, push, push button, selector, selector switch, time-switch, toggle, toggle switch |
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(noun) a device consisting of two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
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Related Words: railroad track, railway |
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(noun) a tress of false hair used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
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Related Words: false hair, hairpiece, postiche |
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(verb) reverse, as of direction or attitude |
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Synonyms: alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange |
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Related Words: change by reversal, reverse, turn |
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(verb) change over, change around, or switch over |
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Synonyms: exchange, switch over |
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Related Words: change by reversal, reverse, turn |
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(verb) cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" |
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Synonyms: flip, throw |
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Related Words: cut, engage, lock, mesh, operate, switch off, switch on, turn off, turn on, turn out |
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(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for |
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Synonyms: swap, swop, trade |
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Related Words: change, exchange, interchange |
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(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
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Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition |
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Related Words: fluctuation, variation |
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