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    al·ter·nate
    verb[ˈôltərˌnāt]
    alternate (verb) · alternates (third person present) · alternated (past tense) · alternated (past participle) · alternating (present participle)
    1. occur in turn repeatedly:
      "bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation"
      • do or perform in turn repeatedly:
        "some adults who wish to alternate work with education"
      • change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions:
        "the stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days"
    adjective[ˈôltərnət]
    alternate (adjective)
    1. every other; every second:
      "she was asked to attend on alternate days"
      • (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern:
        "alternate bouts of intense labor and of idleness"
      • botany
        (of leaves or shoots) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
    2. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      taking the place of; alternative:
      "the rerouted traffic takes a variety of alternate routes"
    noun
    NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
    [ˈôltərnət]
    alternate (noun) · alternates (plural noun)
    1. 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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    verb
    1. occur in turn repeatedly:
      be interspersed
      follow one another
      be staggered
      take it in turns
      work/act in sequence
      occur in turn
      occur in rotation
     
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