switch on

verb

switched on; switching on; switches on

: to turn on (something) by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.

I switched on the TV.

She switched the light on.

Examples of switch on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, Mesgarani says, the team switched on a system that automatically adjusted the volume based on the person's brain waves. —Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 May 2026

When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. —Kiki Sideris, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026

National Transportation Safety Board documents showed investigators had found a loose cable in a transformer and breaker system that had been switched on by crew members before departing the Baltimore port. —ABC News, 12 May 2026

There’s a switch on the keyboard for selecting the connection method and, in Bluetooth mode, the keyboard can be paired with three separate devices. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026

Rhymes for switch on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon