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Adjective alternate has 4 senses
- alternate - every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen
Antonyms: noncyclic, noncyclical (indirect, via cyclic)
- alternate, alternative - allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
- alternate, alternating - occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"
Antonyms: noncyclic, noncyclical (indirect, via cyclic)
- alternate - 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"
Antonyms: opposite, paired
Noun alternate has 1 sense
- surrogate, alternate, replacement - someone who takes the place of another person
--1 is a kind of stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
Verb alternate has 5 senses
- alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
--1 is one way to change, alter, vary
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- alternate - exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
--2 is one way to exchange
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- understudy, alternate - be an understudy or alternate for a role
--3 is one way to memorize, memorise, con, learn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
--4 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- alternate, take turns - do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
--5 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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