1a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit:the guard hit a switch and the gate swung open
Computing a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program.
Computing a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network.
2an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another:his friends were surprised at his switch from newspaper owner to farmer
3a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.
4North American a set of points on a railway track.
5a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.
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1change the position, direction, or focus of:the company switched the boats to other routes
adopt (something different) in place of something else; change:she’s managed to switch careers [no object]:she worked as a librarian and then switched to journalism
substitute (two items) for each other; exchange:after ten minutes, listener and speaker switch roles
2 archaic beat or flick with or as if with a switch.
switch off
informal cease to pay attention:as he waffles on, I switch off
switch something off (or on)
turn an electrical device off (or on):she switched on the kettle
