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alternate


I - noun
someone who takes the place of another person
Syn:
surrogate, replacement
Derivationally related forms:
replace (for: replacement)
Hypernyms:
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup,
backup man, fill-in

II - verb
1. go back and forth;
swing back and forth between two states or conditions (Freq. 3)
Syn:
jump
Derivationally related forms:
alternation
Hypernyms:
change, alter, vary
Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
Hypernyms:
exchange
Hyponyms:
rotate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. be an understudy or alternate for a role
Syn:
understudy
Derivationally related forms:
understudy (for: understudy)
Hypernyms:
memorize, memorise, con, learn
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Syn:
interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop
Derivationally related forms:
flip-flop (for: flip-flop), switch (for: switch), tack (for: tack)
Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
5. do something in turns
- We take turns on the night shift
Syn:
take turns
Derivationally related forms:
alternation
Hypernyms:
act, move
Hyponyms:
spell
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

III - adjective
1. every second one of a series (Freq. 3)
- the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays
- "jam every other day"- the White Queen
Similar to:
cyclic, cyclical
2. serving or used in place of another (Freq. 2)
- an alternative plan
Syn:
alternative, substitute
Similar to:
secondary
Derivationally related forms:
substitute (for: substitute)
3. occurring by turns;
first one and then the other (Freq. 1)
- alternating feelings of love and hate
Syn:
alternating
Similar to:
cyclic, cyclical
4. 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
Ant:
opposite
Topics:
botany, phytology

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