alternate
11alternate — UK US /ˈɒltənət/ noun [C] US ► WORKPLACE a person who does another person s job when they are ill or away: »He was dismissed and replaced with an alternate …
12Alternate — Al*ter nate (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. [R.] [1913 Webster] Grateful alternates of substantial. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in… …
13Alternate — 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. [1913… …
14alternate — al|ter|nate1 [o:lˈtə:nıt US ˈo:ltər , ˈæl ] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of alternare to alternate , from alternus alternate , from alter; ALTER] 1.) if something happens on alternate days, weeks… …
15alternate — alternates, alternating, alternated (The verb is pronounced [[t]ɔ͟ːltə(r)neɪt[/t]]. The adjective and noun are pronounced [[t]ɔːltɜ͟ː(r)nət[/t]].) 1) V RECIP ERG When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing… …
16alternate — al|ter|nate1 [ ɔltər,neıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive if one thing alternates with another, it happens after it and keeps being repeated: alternate with: Wet days alternated with dry ones. a ) if someone or something alternates between two things,… …
17alternate — I UK [ˈɔːltə(r)neɪt] / US [ˈɔltərˌneɪt] verb Word forms alternate : present tense I/you/we/they alternate he/she/it alternates present participle alternating past tense alternated past participle alternated 1) a) [intransitive] if one thing… …
18alternate — 1 adjective (usually before noun) 1 two alternate actions, situations, or states happen one after the other in a repeated pattern: walls painted with alternate strips of yellow and green | alternate rain and sunshine 2 especially AmE used instead …
19alternate — v. 1) (D; intr.) to alternate between (they alternate between supporting us and opposing us) 2) (D; intr.) to alternate in (we alternate in doing the household chores) 3) (d; intr., tr.) to alternate with (sunny weather alternated with rain; the… …
20alternate — {{11}}alternate (adj.) 1510s, from L. alternatus one after the other, pp. of alternare to do first one thing then the other; exchange parts, from alternus one after the other, alternate, in turns, reciprocal, from alter the other (see ALTER (Cf.… …
