Definition:
- (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.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
- (n.) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- (v. t.) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (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.
- (v. i.) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
Compare alternate with other words:
alternate vs. opposite
altercate vs. alternate
alternate vs. distortion
alternate vs. present
alternate vs. deuterozooid
alternate vs. alternity
alternate vs. distichous
alternate vs. retractor
alternate vs. content
addendum vs. alternate
alternate vs. mobile
alternate vs. deputy
alternate vs. alternatively
alternate vs. synonym
altern vs. alternate
alternant vs. alternate
alternate vs. alternateness
alternate vs. geometrid
alternate vs. rotatory
alternate vs. fallback
alternate vs. antiphonal
alternate vs. metagenesis
alternate vs. decussate
alternate vs. alternating
alternate vs. heteroclitic
alternate vs. steven
alternate vs. rotate
alternate vs. backup
alternate vs. antiphony
alternate vs. interlinear
alternate vs. serpentine
alternate vs. toggle
alternate vs. litany
alternate vs. skip
alt vs. alternate
alternate vs. sidetrack
alternate vs. crawl
alternate vs. interline
alternate vs. benzene
alternate vs. variant
alternate vs. alternation
alternate vs. vary
alternate vs. alternately
alternate vs. succession
alternate vs. turn
alternate vs. tincture
alternate vs. proportion
alternate vs. substitute
alternate vs. vicissitude
alternate vs. alternative
alter vs. alternate
alternate vs. spell
alternate vs. beat
alternate vs. capricious