switching
The act or process of something that switchesThe act or process of something that switches.: Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
Translations
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6 sensesThe act or process of something that switches.
(countable, uncountable)The transference of an investment from one fund to another.
(countable, uncountable)Change from one product or service provider to another.
the act of changing one thing or position for another
(countable, uncountable)The movement of a locomotive from one track to another.
More meanings 3
The act or process of something that switches.
(countable, uncountable)Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
(countable, uncountable)Back-and-forth movement of an animal's tail, etc.
(countable, uncountable)The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.
Forms
plural: switchings| Singular | switching |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.