switch in English: A small part on a wall or a machine that you press or move to turn something on and off. (noun)

Translation

A small part on a wall or a machine that you press or move to turn something on and off.

Word origin

First a thin bendy stick, then a railway lever, and from the 1860s the electrical part.

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A "switch" turns a light on and off.

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You "press" or "flick" a switch.

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"Switch" is also a verb meaning to change from one thing to another.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

button

A small round thing that you push through a hole to close your clothes.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

turn

To move so you face a new way, or to make something move round.

change

To make something different, or to become different.

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