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What's The Definition Of Alternate?
[n] someone who takes the place of another person
[adj] (botany) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves" [adj] allowing a choice; "an alternative plan" [v] reverse, as of direction, attitude, or course of action [v] do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [v] go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [v] be an understudy or alternate for a role [v] exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions Synonyms | Synonyms for Alternate: alternative | flip | flip-flop | interchange | jump | replacement | secondary | surrogate | switch | tack | take turns | understudy Related Terms | Find terms related to Alternate: advocate | agent | alter ego | alternating | alternative | amicus curiae | analogy | attorney | back and fill | back-and-forth | backup | backup man | bandy | battledore and shuttlecock | be here again | be quits with | beating | champion | change | changeling | circle | circling | come again | come and go | come around | come round | come round again | come up again | commute | comparison | compensate | complementary | cooperate | copy | corresponding | counterchange | counterfeit | cover | cycle | cyclic | deputy | dither | do a hitch | do a stint | do a tour | do time | double | dummy | ebb and flow | enlist | epochal | equal | equivalent | equivocate | ersatz | even | every other | exchange | exchangeable | executive officer | exponent | fake | figurehead | fill in for | fill-in | flounder | fluctuate | get back at | get even with | ghost | ghostwriter | give and take | go through phases | have a go | have tenure | hitch and hike | hold office | imitation | in rotation | interchange | interchangeable | intermit | intermittent | isochronal | isochronous | keep a watch | lieutenant | locum | locum tenens | logroll | makeshift | measured | metaphor | metonymy | metronomic | mock | next best thing | oscillate | oscillatory | other | paranymph | pass and repass | pay back | pendulate | periodic | periodical | permute | personnel | phony | pinch | pinch hitter | pleader | procurator | provisional | proxy | pulsate | pulse | pulsing | reappear | reciprocal | reciprocate | reciprocative | recur | recurrent | recurring | reenlist | relief | relieve | reoccur | repeat | replacement | replacing | representative | requite | reserve | reserves | respond | retaliate | return | return the compliment | re-up | revolve | rhythmic | ride and tie | ring the changes | ringer | roll around | rotary | rotate | rotating | seasonal | second | second in command | second string | secondary | seesaw | serial | serve time | shift | shilly-shally | shuffle | shuttle | shuttlecock | sign | sign up | sine wave | spare | spares | spell | spell off | stagger | stand-in | steady | stopgap | sub | substituent | substitute | substitution | succedaneum | succeed | successive | superseder | supplanter | surrogate | swap | sway | swing | switch | symbol | synecdoche | take turns | teeter | teeter-totter | temporary | tentative | tergiversate | third string | time off | to-and-fro | token | totter | trade | transpose | turn | understudy | undulant | undulate | undulatory | up-and-down | utility | utility man | utility player | vacillate | variant | vary | vicar | vicar general | vicarious | vice | vicegerent | vice-president | vice-regent | wavelike | waver | wax and wane | wheel | wheel around | wheeling | wibble-wabble | wigwag | wobble | zigzag See Also | act | alter | backup | backup man | change | change by reversal | con | exchange | fill-in | learn | memorise | memorize | move | relief | reliever | reverse | rotate | stand-in | substitute | turn | vary Alternate In Webster's Dictionary \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of
alternate, fr. alternus. See {Altern}, {Alter}.]
1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
succession of time or place; by turns first one and then
the other; hence, reciprocal.
And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope.
2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly
intervene between the members of another series, as the
odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every
second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read
every alternate line.
3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights
of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular
divergence. --Gray.
{Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}.
{Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by
two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the
parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH,
GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate
angles.
{Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}.
\Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. [R.] Grateful alternates of substantial. --Prior. 2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. 3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew. \Al"ter*nate\, v. i. 1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. --J. Philips. Different species alternating with each other. --Kirwan. 2. To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. |
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