switched on
switched on is the simple past and past participle of switch on.
Meaning of switch on
Verb
switch on (third-person singular simple present switches on, present participle switching on, simple past and past participle switched on)
Adjective
switched on (comparative more switched on, superlative most switched on)
- Highly attentive and mentally engaged.
- There was a lot to take in and everyone had to be totally switched on during the handover phase.2013, James Glasse, Andrew Rawson, Baghdad Operators: Ex Special Forces in Iraq, page 70
- She has always been really switched on academically but she has really come on in the last year with [teacher]. We're happy that she is in his class again this year.2015, Karl Brettig, Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families, page 119
- Antonyms:
- switched off
Antonyms of switched on
Forms of switched on
| comparative | more switched on |
|---|---|
| superlative | most switched on |
Questions about switched on
- What does switched on mean?
- Switched on means highly attentive and mentally engaged.
- What is switched on the simple past and past participle of?
- Switched on is the simple past and past participle of switch on.
- What part of speech is switched on?
- Switched on is an adjective.
Words near switched on in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: switched on (page history and authors); switch on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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