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alternate
alternate: v., adj., & n. --v.
1 intr. (often foll. by with) (of two things) succeed each other by turns (rain and sunshine alternated; elation alternated with depression).
2 intr. (foll. by between) change repeatedly (between two conditions) (the patient alternated between hot and cold fevers).
3 tr. (often foll. by with) cause (two things) to succeed each other by turns (the band alternated fast and slow tunes; we alternated criticism with reassurance). --adj.
1 (with noun in pl.) every other (comes on alternate days).
2 (of things of two kinds) each following and succeeded by one of the other kind (alternate joy and misery).
3 (of a sequence etc.) consisting of alternate things.
4 Bot. (of leaves etc.) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
5 = ALTERNATIVE. --n. esp. US a deputy or substitute. øalternate angles two angles, not adjoining one another, that are formed on opposite sides of a line that intersects two other lines. alternating current an electric current that reverses its direction at regular intervals. øøalternately adv. [L alternatus past part. of alternare do things by turns f. alternus every other f. alter other]
Most popular pairs with alternate
alternate history
alternate energy
alternate lifestyles
alternate fuels
alternate power
alternate route
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