Dictionary Entry
alternate
alternate is a 9-letter English word with 19 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
- 4noun
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- 5noun
A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- 6noun
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- 7transitive verb
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- 8intransitive verb
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.
- 9intransitive verb
To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
- 10noun
someone who takes the place of another person
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- 11verb
do something in turns
"We take turns on the night shift"
- 12verb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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- 13verb
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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- 14verb
be an understudy or alternate for a role
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- 15verb
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- 16adjective
occurring by turns; first one and then the other
"alternating feelings of love and hate"
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- 17adjective
every second one of a series- the White Queen
"the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"
"jam every other day"
- 18adjective
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"
- 19adjective
serving or used in place of another
"an alternative plan"
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