switch – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to switch off
Participle: switched off
Gerund: switching off

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	switch off
we	Let's switch off
you	switch off

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

swap

to replace X with Y

substitute

replace with a substitute

exchange

to change, swap

shift

to supply or substitute an equivalent for

replace

reverse or change the order of

transpose

to switch each of two things

interchange

to cause to change places

counterchange

to replace something with something else

commute, counterchange, exchange, interchange, replace, shift, substitute, swap, transpose

exchange

replace, substitute, change, swap, trade, invert, convert, shift

Antonyms

to replace something with something else

abide, endure, last, remain, stay

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1592, "slender riding whip," probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low Ger. zwukse "long thin stick, switch," from Gmc. base *swih- (cf. O.H.G. zwec "wooden peg," Ger. Zweck "aim, design," originally "peg as a target," Zwick "wooden peg"), perhaps connected with PIE base *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn." The meaning "device for changing the direction of something or making or breaking a connection" is first recorded 1797. "The peg sense suits the mech(anical) applications" [Weekley], and these senses may be a direct borrowing from those senses in Continantal Gmc. languages rather than a continuation of the "pliant wand" sense. The meaning "a change, a reversal, an exchange, a substitution" is first recorded 1920. Switchblade dates from 1932, from the "switch" which is pressed to spring the knife open. Switchboard first attested 1884.
2. Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.

Verbs referencing "switch"

Ido swichar, Dutch switchen, German, old spelling switchen.

Sample Sentences