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Switch

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shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
throwverb(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
changenoun(intransitive) To become something different.
interchangenoun(transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
exchangenounAn act of exchanging or trading.
tradenoun(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
alternatenounHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
permutationnounOne of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
substitutionnounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
replacementnounA person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
change oververb(transitive, idiomatic) to convert to, to make a transition from one system to another
transpositionnoun(especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
switchingnounThe act or process of something that switches.
swopverbA fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
flip-flopnoun(US, UK, Fiji) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.
turn aroundverb(transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
switch oververbchange over, change around, or switch over
flipnounA maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
swapnoun(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).

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WordDefinition
transpositionnoun(especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
change oververb(transitive, idiomatic) to convert to, to make a transition from one system to another
swopverbA fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
permutationnounOne of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
turn aroundverb(transitive, figurative) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).
interchangenoun(transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
changenoun(intransitive) To become something different.
flipnounA maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
alternatenounHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
swapnoun(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
tradenoun(uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
exchangenounAn act of exchanging or trading.
two-handedUsing or designed for use by both hands at once.
replacementnounA person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
substitutionnounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
ambidextrousHaving equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
throwverb(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
flip-flopnoun(US, UK, Fiji) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.
switch oververbchange over, change around, or switch over

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