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"ref": "1893, The Electrical Review, volume 32, page 554:",
"text": "To switch off the instrument when the clockwork is not wound up, and to remind the subscriber of doing so, there is provided an indicator, x, which is worked in the following manner.",
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{
"ref": "1906, National Electric Light Association, National Electric Light Association Twenty-Ninth Convention, page 420:",
"text": "We have found that a patrolman in the central section of the city can switch on, and later switch off, 100 signs with ease.",
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},
{
"ref": "2001, David Gerrold, Bouncing Off the Moon, page 208:",
"text": "He began shutting down the flight controls, switching off all the things he'd switched on before, switching on all the things he'd switched off.",
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"To turn a switch to the \"off\" position in order to stop or disable a device."
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[
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[
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"(transitive) To turn a switch to the \"off\" position in order to stop or disable a device."
],
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"_dis1": "93 7 0",
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"word": "turn off"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anǰatel",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "անջատել"
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"roman": "vyključacʹ",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "выключаць"
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "palsok"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "apagar"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "关"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關掉"
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"roman": "guāndiào",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "关掉"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "vypnout"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"word": "elŝalti"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "sammuttaa"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "kytkeä pois päältä"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "გამორთვა"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "გამოთიშვა"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "abschalten"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "σβήνω"
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"english": "device or appliance",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "spegnere"
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"word": "消す"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "បិទ"
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"roman": "kkeuda",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "끄다"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "tắt"
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"sense": "turn switch to off position",
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"text": "Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?",
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"text": "\"We haven't a musket, and Tommy's crowd are well armed. They have the inside track\" \"Then we can switch off.\" \"Switch off?\" \"Yes, and take the inside track.\"",
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"ref": "1997 February 1, Billboard, volume 109, number 5, page 84:",
"text": "Besides Crow belting out \"Bitch,\" the concert featured several artists switching off on lead vocals",
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"text": "Freddie gave me a quick five-minute lesson on handling Cherry Pie and we switched off between sleeping and driving.",
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],
"forms": [
{
"form": "switches off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "switching off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "switched off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "switched off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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}
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1893, The Electrical Review, volume 32, page 554:",
"text": "To switch off the instrument when the clockwork is not wound up, and to remind the subscriber of doing so, there is provided an indicator, x, which is worked in the following manner.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1906, National Electric Light Association, National Electric Light Association Twenty-Ninth Convention, page 420:",
"text": "We have found that a patrolman in the central section of the city can switch on, and later switch off, 100 signs with ease.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2001, David Gerrold, Bouncing Off the Moon, page 208:",
"text": "He began shutting down the flight controls, switching off all the things he'd switched on before, switching on all the things he'd switched off.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To turn a switch to the \"off\" position in order to stop or disable a device."
],
"links": [
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"switch",
"switch"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"disable",
"disable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To turn a switch to the \"off\" position in order to stop or disable a device."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Fulham switched off as Giggs took a quick corner to Valencia. He played it back to Giggs, whose cross was headed in by Nani with the lurking Rooney unable to add a touch.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Ashbel Vudzijena, Success is a CALLING!, page 82:",
"text": "While you are pregnant with the desire for the car, the house or anything, try to switch off your mind to avoid brainstorming any solutions.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Simon Taylor, How To Read The Bible (without switching off your brain):",
"text": "In short, the Bible is used by many, believers and atheists alike, as a book best handled only after switching off your brain.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lose interest, and start thinking about something else."
],
"links": [
[
"lose",
"lose"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
],
[
"thinking",
"thinking"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1869, Oliver Optic, Switch Off; or, the War of the Students:",
"text": "\"We haven't a musket, and Tommy's crowd are well armed. They have the inside track\" \"Then we can switch off.\" \"Switch off?\" \"Yes, and take the inside track.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1997 February 1, Billboard, volume 109, number 5, page 84:",
"text": "Besides Crow belting out \"Bitch,\" the concert featured several artists switching off on lead vocals",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Samantha Verant, King of the Mutants:",
"text": "Freddie gave me a quick five-minute lesson on handling Cherry Pie and we switched off between sleeping and driving.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To alternate between; to trade."
],
"links": [
[
"alternate",
"alternate"
],
[
"between",
"between"
],
[
"trade",
"trade"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To alternate between; to trade."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "stop, disable",
"word": "turn off"
},
{
"sense": "stop, disable",
"word": "power down"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anǰatel",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "անջատել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vyključacʹ",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "выключаць"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "palsok"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gwaan¹",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "关"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guān",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "关"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "關掉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guāndiào",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "关掉"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "vypnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "slukke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "uitzetten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "uitschakelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "elŝalti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "sammuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "kytkeä pois päältä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "éteindre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamortva",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "გამორთვა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamotišva",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "გამოთიშვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "abschalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "ausschalten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "svíno",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "σβήνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "device or appliance",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "kikapcsol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "light",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "lekapcsol"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "ekswichar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "cuir as"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "múch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "spegnere"
},
{
"alt": "けす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kesu",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "消す"
},
{
"alt": "きる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiru",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "切る"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "mateni"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bət",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "បិទ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkeuda",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "끄다"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "izslēgt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "išjungti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "whakaweto"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyłączać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyłączyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "desligar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "deconecta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "dezlega"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "separa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyključátʹ",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выключа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výključitʹ",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́ключить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "stänga av"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpìt",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "ปิด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dàp",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "ดับ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "kapatmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "tắt"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oysleshn",
"sense": "turn switch to off position",
"word": "אויסלעשן"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lose interest",
"word": "kytkeä pois päältä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to lose interest",
"word": "kikapcsol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lose interest",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "desconectar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to alternate between",
"word": "vuorotella"
}
],
"word": "switch off"
}
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