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switching
Overview of noun switching
The noun switching has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) switch, switching, shift -- (the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election")
Overview of verb switch
The verb switch has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (5) switch over, switch, exchange -- (change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence)
2. (3) trade, swap, swop, switch -- (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)
3. (2) switch, shift, change -- (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes")
4. (1) switch, change over, shift -- (make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched")
5. throw, flip, switch -- (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever")
6. switch -- (flog with or as if with a flexible rod)
7. interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop -- (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Sense 1
switch, switching, shift
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Sense 1
switch, switching, shift
=> switcheroo
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Sense 1
switch, switching, shift
=> change
Antonyms of noun switching
Member Holonyms of noun switching
Substance Holonyms of noun switching
Part Holonyms of noun switching
Member Meronyms of noun switching
Substance Meronyms of noun switching
Part Meronyms of noun switching
Meronyms of noun switching
Holonyms of noun switching
Attributes of noun switching
Derived Forms of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Sense 1
switch, switching, shift
RELATED TO>(verb) switch#2
=> trade, swap, swop, switch
RELATED TO>(verb) switch#4
=> switch, change over, shift
Domain of noun switching
Domain Terms of noun switching
Familiarity of noun switching
switching used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Sense 1
switch, switching, shift
> change
=> entail
=> about-face, volte-face, reversal, policy change
=> adulteration
=> move, relocation
=> filtration
=> reduction, simplification
=> decimalization, decimalisation
=> metrification, metrication
=> variation
=> turning
=> diversification, variegation
=> flux
=> switch, switching, shift
=> substitution, exchange, commutation
=> promotion
=> demotion
=> change of state
=> alteration, modification, adjustment
=> motion, movement, move
=> movement
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change of direction, reorientation
=> change of magnitude
=> change of integrity
=> conversion
=> updating
=> change of shape
=> satisfaction
=> nationalization, nationalisation
=> communization, communisation
=> secularization, secularisation
=> rollover
Meronyms of noun switching
1 sense of switching
Holonyms of noun switching
Grep of noun switching
switching
Antonyms of verb switch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb switch
7 senses of switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change
Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> transfer
Sense 3
switch, shift, change
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> move, displace
Sense 6
switch
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> beat, beat up, work over
Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb switch
3 of 7 senses of switch
Sense 3
switch, shift, change
=> transition
=> shift
=> break
=> surf, channel-surf
=> leap, jump
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
=> cut
=> break
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
=> back
=> veer
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
=> switch on, turn on
=> switch off, cut, turn off, turn out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb switch
7 senses of switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
=> exchange, change, interchange
Sense 3
switch, shift, change
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
Sense 6
switch
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
'Cause To' of verb switch
Derived Forms of verb switch
7 senses of switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#2
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#7
=> switch, switching, shift
Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#2
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switching#1
=> switch, switching, shift
Sense 3
switch, shift, change
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#7
=> switch, switching, shift
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#7
=> switch, switching, shift
RELATED TO>(noun) switching#1
=> switch, switching, shift
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#1
=> switch, electric switch, electrical switch
Sense 6
switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#5
=> switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switcher#1
=> switcher, whipper
Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#2
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) switch#7
=> switch, switching, shift
Domain of verb switch
Domain Terms of verb switch
Familiarity of verb switch
switch used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb switch
7 senses of switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
switch, shift, change
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
switch
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb switch
6 of 7 senses of switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
=> turn the tables, turn the tide
=> commutate
=> switch over, switch, exchange
=> correct, rectify, right
=> falsify
=> permute, commute, transpose
=> metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify
=> revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> desynchronize, desynchronise
=> desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate
=> undo
Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
> exchange, change, interchange
=> sell
=> cash, cash in
=> ransom, redeem
=> redeem
=> substitute, replace
=> substitute, sub, stand in, fill in
=> trade, swap, swop, switch
=> barter
=> trade, trade in
Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> throw, flip, switch
=> ride
Sense 6
switch
> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
=> flagellate, scourge
=> leather
=> horsewhip
=> switch
=> cowhide
=> cat
=> birch
Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
=> turn the tables, turn the tide
=> commutate
=> switch over, switch, exchange
=> correct, rectify, right
=> falsify
=> permute, commute, transpose
=> metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify
=> revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> desynchronize, desynchronise
=> desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate
=> undo
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb switch
Sense 1
switch over, switch, exchange
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
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Sense 2
trade, swap, swop, switch
=> exchange, change, interchange
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Sense 3
switch, shift, change
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Sense 4
switch, change over, shift
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 5
throw, flip, switch
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
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Sense 6
switch
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
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Sense 7
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
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Grep of verb switch
switch
switch-hit
switch off
switch on
switch over
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