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To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To alternate between; to trade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Turn off the stereo, please
- cut the engine
- turn out the lights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut, turn off, turn out
Antonyms: switch on
Broader terms: throw, flip, switch
Narrower terms: kill
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
անջատել
(anǰatel)
— turn switch to off position
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Belarusian:
выключаць
(vyključacʹ)
— turn switch to off position
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Central Bikol:
palsok
— turn switch to off position
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Catalan:
apagar
— turn switch to off position
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Chinese Cantonese:
關 /关
(gwaan1)
— turn switch to off position
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Chinese Mandarin:
關 /关
(guān)
— turn switch to off position
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Chinese Mandarin:
關掉 /关掉
(guāndiào)
— turn switch to off position
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Czech:
vypnout
— turn switch to off position
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Danish:
slukke
— turn switch to off position
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Dutch:
uitzetten
— turn switch to off position
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Dutch:
uitschakelen
— turn switch to off position
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Esperanto:
elŝalti
— turn switch to off position
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Finnish:
sammuttaa
— turn switch to off position
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Finnish:
kytkeä pois päältä
— turn switch to off position
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French:
éteindre
— turn switch to off position
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Georgian:
გამორთვა
(gamortva)
— turn switch to off position
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Georgian:
გამოთიშვა
(gamotišva)
— turn switch to off position
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German:
abschalten
— turn switch to off position
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German:
ausschalten
— turn switch to off position
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Greek:
σβήνω
(svíno)
— turn switch to off position
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Hebrew:
כיבה
(kibá)
— turn switch to off position
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Hungarian:
kikapcsol
— turn switch to off position
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Hungarian:
lekapcsol
— turn switch to off position
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Ido:
ekswichar
— turn switch to off position
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Irish:
cuir as
— turn switch to off position
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Irish:
múch
— turn switch to off position
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Italian:
spegnere
— turn switch to off position
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Japanese:
消す
(kesu)
— turn switch to off position
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Japanese:
切る
(kiru)
— turn switch to off position
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Javanese:
mateni
— turn switch to off position
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Khmer:
បិទ
(bət)
— turn switch to off position
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Korean:
끄다
(kkeuda)
— turn switch to off position
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Latvian:
izslēgt
— turn switch to off position
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Lithuanian:
išjungti
— turn switch to off position
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Māori:
whakaweto
— turn switch to off position
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Polish:
wyłączać
— turn switch to off position
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Polish:
wyłączyć
— turn switch to off position
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Portuguese:
desligar
— turn switch to off position
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Romanian:
deconecta
— turn switch to off position
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Romanian:
dezlega
— turn switch to off position
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Romanian:
separa
— turn switch to off position
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Russian:
выключа́ть
(vyključátʹ)
— turn switch to off position
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Russian:
вы́ключить
(výključitʹ)
— turn switch to off position
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Spanish:
apagar
— turn switch to off position
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Swedish:
stänga av
— turn switch to off position
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Thai:
ปิด
(bpìt)
— turn switch to off position
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Thai:
ดับ
(dàp)
— turn switch to off position
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Turkish:
kapatmak
— turn switch to off position
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Vietnamese:
tắt
— turn switch to off position
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Yiddish:
אויסלעשן
(oysleshn)
— turn switch to off position
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Finnish:
kytkeä pois päältä
— to lose interest
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Hungarian:
kikapcsol
— to lose interest
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Spanish:
desconectar
— to lose interest
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Finnish:
vuorotella
— to alternate between