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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
switched on en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal, of a person) 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:
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switched off
switched on en · VERB
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of switch on