Definitions for alternate

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alternate al·ter·nate

Spelling: [verb awl-ter-neyt, al-; adjective, noun

IPA: /verb ˈɔl tərˌneɪt, ˈæl-; adjective, noun ˈɔl tər nɪt, ˈæl-/

Alternate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in alternate (aaeelnrtt).

Definitions for alternate

noun

1. a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
2. Theater. either of two actors who take turns playing the same role. an understudy.
3. alternative.

adjective

1. being in a constant state of succession or rotation; interchanged repeatedly one for another:
2. reciprocal; mutual:
3. every second one of a series:
4. constituting an alternative:
5. alternative (defs 4, 6).
6. Botany. placed singly at different heights on the axis, on each side in succession, or at definite angular distances from one another, as leaves. opposite to the intervals between other organs:

verb (used with object)

1. to perform or do in succession or one after another:
2. to interchange successively or regularly:

verb (used without object)

1. to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed by with):
2. to change back and forth between conditions, states, actions, etc.:
3. to take turns:
4. Electricity. to reverse direction or sign periodically.
5. Linguistics. to occur as a variant in alternation with another form.

Origin of alternate

First recorded in 1505-15, alternate is from the Latin word alternātus (past participle of alternāre). See altern, -

Examples for alternate

He amused them and made himself their idol by dint of alternate flattery and blame.

Then at least the American public would have been getting an alternate theory of the case about Keystone.

All that day he went about in an alternate state of dread and hope.

Underneath, a miniature version of the bug-crazy man is revealed, himself thwacking away in an alternate dimension.

In the absence of typical classrooms and curriculums, West Africans have opted for alternate methods of learning and education.

He put in the most of that day in alternate struggling and crying.

Every alternate page was in the phonetic Indian symbols, of which more hereafter.

The other two are da—meaning father—and te—an alternate spelling of ti.

Other new admissions to the dictionary include qayaq—an alternate spelling of kayak—and thongy.

He closed his eyes as if asleep, and I paddled on in the alternate moonlight and shadow.