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Princeton's WordNet

  1. switch, switching, shiftnoun

    the act of changing one thing or position for another

    "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

Wiktionary

  1. switchingnoun

    a beating by means of a switch (twig or twigs).

  2. switchingnoun

    movement of an animal's tail

  3. switchingnoun

    the transference of an investment from one fund to another

  4. switchingnoun

    the movement of a locomotive from one track to another

  5. switchingnoun

    change from one product / service provider to another

ChatGPT

  1. switching

    Switching refers to the process of changing or alternating between different statuses, conditions, systems, or tasks. In technological terms, it often refers to the process of directing a signal or data element to the appropriate destination, such as in a network switch in computer networking.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Switching

    of Switch

  2. Switching

    a. & n. from Switch, v

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of switching in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of switching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of switching in a Sentence

  1. Waljit Dhillo:

    So many people say to themselves, ‘It’s just me. I’ve got a problem.’ But actually, HSDD may be how your brain is wired, the biology is telling us there’s increased activation of inhibitory areas in the brain — the same areas that tell us it’s not OK to walk around in public naked — and those areas are switching off sexual desire. How can we tackle that? We give a hormone that would naturally give you increased sexual desire, essentially hijacking the normal system.

  2. Alex Wong:

    People are switching out of A-share-related products and getting back into those traditional blue chips, that's why the Hang Seng index is strong and the China Enterprises Index is weak.

  3. Susan Albers:

    Switching hands jolts you out of autopilot. It's similar to writing with your opposite hand. You can do it, but it takes more of your attention and concentration.

  4. Raymond Soneira:

    One challenging issue has always been switching from a rigid and hard cover glass protecting the current smartphones to a flexible and durable plastic cover protecting the flexible display, it needs to have superior optical properties and low reflectance like glass, and then also survive 50,000 or more opening and closing cycles.

  5. Jitesh Ubrani:

    I think Apple's main use for switching over would be to offer a better product, not necessarily a cheaper product, you may see better value in some cases but I don't think we'll see cheap iMacs or cheap MacBooks going forward.

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