switchover

[swich-oh-ver]

noun

1. the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.

2. an act or an instance of changing from one job, belief, style, etc., to another.

switchover

/ ˈswɪtʃˌəʊvə /

noun

1. the act or an instance of changing from one method, policy, or technology to another

   the switchover to digital television

Word History and Origins

Origin of switchover¹

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase switch over

Example Sentences

True, Cornell had come to the end of a three-year contract extension he’d signed in 2022, but the actual reasons for this switchover seemed obvious.

From Slate

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has already started a switchover process, but the Lib Dems want to see this accelerated to include all renewable energy generators.

From BBC

He was born in 1935 — he was a little racist or whatever, but he was a Democrat because Democrats used to run the South until that whole switchover after the Civil Rights Act.

From Los Angeles Times

It expects the switchover will become increasingly rapid, partly because it believes it will become more difficult to buy petrol and diesel, as it is expected there will be fewer petrol stations by 2040.

From BBC

The switchover from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris happened so abruptly and went so smoothly, it’s almost as if there never was a Biden campaign.

From Salon