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# toggle

«toggle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a toggle, toggles); verb (toggle, toggles, toggled, toggling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A toggle is a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a button: it is pushed through a loop to fasten a coat or bag, as on a duffel coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#m1)

2) (computing) A toggle is a switch or button that turns something on or off, one press changing it each time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#m2)

3) (verb) To toggle means to switch between two states or options, like on and off: "Toggle between the two windows." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#m3)

4) A toggle is also the sliding stopper on a drawstring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons, toggles switch settings (Wi-Fi, dark mode, caps lock). In everyday life, duffel coats and Scout neckerchiefs (woggles) use toggles. In science and D and T, a toggle switch is a lever switch in circuits. Phrases: "toggle switch", "toggle on", "toggle off", "toggle between".

### examples

- My duffel coat has wooden toggles instead of buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x1)
- Tap the toggle to turn on dark mode. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x2)
- Press the key to toggle between capital and small letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x3)
- The toggle switch on the lamp clicked on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x4)
- Pull the toggle to tighten the hood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x5)
- You can toggle the sound on and off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x6)
- We used a toggle switch in our circuit project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: toggled, toggling. A toggle always has two states; pressing it again undoes it. A Scout's "woggle" is a different word.

### In the corpora

- [At the petting farm a goat eats the corner of Maddie's map and then her coat toggle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toggle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.