"switch on" meaning in English

See switch on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-uk-to switch on.ogg , En-au-switch on.ogg Forms: switches on [present, singular, third-person], switching on [participle, present], switched on [participle, past], switched on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} switch on (third-person singular simple present switches on, present participle switching on, simple past and past participle switched on)
  1. (transitive) To turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device. Tags: transitive Synonyms: start up, turn on Derived forms: switch on the afterburners Coordinate_terms: keep on, leave on Translations (to turn a switch to the "on" position): piztu (Basque), 打開 (Chinese Mandarin), 打开 (dǎkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (kāi) (Chinese Mandarin), zapnout (Czech), tænde (Danish), starte (op) (Danish), aanzetten (Dutch), inschakelen (Dutch), enŝalti (Esperanto), kytkeä (english: mains) (Finnish), käynnistää (english: piece of equipment) (Finnish), sytyttää (english: lights) (Finnish), allumer (French), ჩართვა (čartva) (Georgian), anschalten (German), einschalten (German), ανάβω (anávo) (Greek), bekapcsol (Hungarian), enswichar (Ido), accendere (Italian), 付ける (tsukeru) (alt: つける) (Japanese), បើក (baək) (Khmer), 켜다 (kyeoda) (Korean), күйгүзүү (küygüzüü) (Kyrgyz), жандыруу (jandıruu) (Kyrgyz), acender (Ladino), whakakā (Maori), włączać [imperfective] (Polish), włączyć [perfective] (Polish), ligar (Portuguese), aprinde (Romanian), включа́ть (vključátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), включи́ть (vključítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cuir air (Scottish Gaelic), vključiti (Slovene), vklopiti (Slovene), encender (Spanish), prender (Spanish), sätta på (Swedish), (lambayı, ışığı) açmak (Turkish), (düğmeye, şaltere) basmak (Turkish), bật (Vietnamese)
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  2. (idiomatic) To change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch. Tags: idiomatic
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  3. (slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually). Tags: slang Synonyms: switch up, turn on
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "keep on"
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        "To turn a switch to the \"on\" position in order to start or enable a device."
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          "turn",
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        "(transitive) To turn a switch to the \"on\" position in order to start or enable a device."
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          "word": "start up"
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          "word": "turn on"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "piztu"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "打開"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎkāi",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "打开"
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          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "開"
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          "roman": "kāi",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "开"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "zapnout"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "tænde"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "starte (op)"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "aanzetten"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "inschakelen"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "enŝalti"
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "mains",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "kytkeä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "piece of equipment",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "käynnistää"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "lights",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "sytyttää"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "allumer"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čartva",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "ჩართვა"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "anschalten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "einschalten"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anávo",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "ανάβω"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "bekapcsol"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "enswichar"
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          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "accendere"
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          "alt": "つける",
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          "roman": "tsukeru",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "付ける"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "baək",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "បើក"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kyeoda",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "켜다"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "küygüzüü",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "күйгүзүү"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jandıruu",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "жандыруу"
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "acender"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "whakakā"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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          "word": "włączać"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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          "word": "włączyć"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "ligar"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "aprinde"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vključátʹ",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "включа́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vključítʹ",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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          "word": "включи́ть"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "cuir air"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "vključiti"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "vklopiti"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "encender"
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        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "prender"
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          "_dis1": "80 17 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "sätta på"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "(lambayı, ışığı) açmak"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "(düğmeye, şaltere) basmak"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
          "word": "bật"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "piztu"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "打開"
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "打开"
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "开"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "zapnout"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "tænde"
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "aanzetten"
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
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      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "enŝalti"
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      "english": "mains",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "kytkeä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "piece of equipment",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "käynnistää"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "lights",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "sytyttää"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "allumer"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čartva",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "ჩართვა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "anschalten"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "einschalten"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anávo",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "ανάβω"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "bekapcsol"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "enswichar"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "accendere"
    },
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      "alt": "つける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsukeru",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "付ける"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "baək",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "បើក"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kyeoda",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "켜다"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "küygüzüü",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "күйгүзүү"
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      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jandıruu",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "жандыруу"
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      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "acender"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "whakakā"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "włączać"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "włączyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "ligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "aprinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vključátʹ",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "включа́ть"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vključítʹ",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "включи́ть"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "cuir air"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "vključiti"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "vklopiti"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "encender"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "prender"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "sätta på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "(lambayı, ışığı) açmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "(düğmeye, şaltere) basmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to turn a switch to the \"on\" position",
      "word": "bật"
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  "word": "switch on"
}

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