Canadian English Meaning of alternate
alternate
Other Canadian English words related to alternate
Nearest Words of alternate
- alternated => alternating
- alternately => alternately
- alternateness => Alternateness
- alternating => alternating
- alternating current => alternating current
- alternating electric current => Alternating current
- alternation => alternation
- alternation of generations => Alternation of generations
- alternative => alternative
- alternative birth => Alternative birth
Definitions and Meaning of alternate in English
alternate (n)
someone who takes the place of another person
alternate (v)
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
be an understudy or alternate for a role
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
do something in turns
alternate (s)
every second one of a series
serving or used in place of another
occurring by turns; first one and then the other
alternate (a)
of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
alternate (a.)
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.
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.
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
alternate (n.)
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
alternate (v. t.)
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
alternate (v. i.)
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.
To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
FAQs About the word alternate
alternate
someone who takes the place of another person, go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions, exchange people temporarily to fulfill
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alternat => alternative., alternanthera philoxeroides => Alternanthera philoxeroides, alternanthera => Alternanthera, alternant => alternating, alternacy => alternation,
