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einschalten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
  • intervene verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  • toggle verb To switch something between two settings, usually on and off, often repeatedly.
  • trip noun A journey, especially for pleasure or a specific purpose.

Senses

einschalten is used for these senses in English:

  • enable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
  • intervene (ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
  • switch on (transitive) To start or enable a device by turning a switch or a lever.
  • trip (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
  • tune in (transitive) To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.
  • turn on (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

enable — full definition

  1. verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
  2. verb To activate a function, especially on a device or system.

intervene — full definition

  1. verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  2. verb To occur or fall between two points in time or two events.

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