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alternate verb

• occur in turn repeatedly.
• "bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation"
Similar: be interspersed, follow one another, be staggered, take turns, take it in turns, work/act in sequence, occur in turn, occur in rotation, rotate, oscillate, see-saw, yo-yo, chop and change, fluctuate,

alternate adjective

• every other; every second.
• "she was asked to attend on alternate days"
Similar: every other, every second,
• another term for alternative.
• "a novel set in an alternate universe"
Similar: alternative, other, another, second, different, possible, substitute, replacement, deputy, relief, proxy, surrogate, cover, fill-in, stand-in, standby, emergency, reserve, backup, auxiliary, fallback, pinch-hitting,

alternate noun

• a person who acts as a deputy or substitute.
• "he shall be entitled to exercise the vote of the director for whom he is an alternate"
Origin: early 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as alternation ): from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.


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