cutover

C2+

US /ˈkʌtˌoʊvɚ/ UK /ˈkʌtˌəʊvə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a planned change from an old system, service, or process to its replacement, especially one performed quickly to minimize interruption

The database cutover was scheduled for midnight, when customer traffic would be lowest.
2

noun
an area of land from which most commercially valuable timber has been cut

Shrubs and young trees quickly colonized the abandoned cutover.
3

adj
cleared of valuable timber by logging

The survey compared mature forest with nearby cutover land.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a planned change from an... switchovermigration transitionchangeover

2 noun · an area of land from which... clear-cutlogged landclearing

3 adj · cleared of valuable timber... loggedclear-cutdeforested

Opposites

continuationrollbackuncut forest

Word family

Derived forms cutovers

Related forms cut overmigrate deployclear-cut

Etymology

A compound of cut + over. The forestry sense describes land cut over for timber. In early telecommunications, a cutover was the rapid transfer of connections from an old switchboard to a new one; that sense broadened to planned transitions between computer systems, services, and business processes.

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# cutover

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌtˌoʊvɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌtˌəʊvə/

## Meanings
1. a planned change from an old system, service, or process to its replacement, especially one performed quickly to minimize interruption
2. an area of land from which most commercially valuable timber has been cut
3. cleared of valuable timber by logging

## Examples
- The database cutover was scheduled for midnight, when customer traffic would be lowest.
- Shrubs and young trees quickly colonized the abandoned cutover.
- The survey compared mature forest with nearby cutover land.

## Synonyms
- switchover
- migration
- transition
- changeover
- clear-cut
- logged land

## Antonyms
- continuation
- rollback
- uncut forest

## Derived Forms
- cutovers

## Related Forms
- cut over
- migrate
- deploy
- clear-cut

## Etymology
A compound of cut + over. The forestry sense describes land cut over for timber. In early telecommunications, a cutover was the rapid transfer of connections from an old switchboard to a new one; that sense broadened to planned transitions between computer systems, services, and business processes.

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