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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"
      Similar:
      be interspersed
      follow one another
      be staggered
      take it in turns
      work/act in sequence
      occur in turn
      occur in rotation
      • do or perform in turn repeatedly:
        "some adults who wish to alternate work with education"
        Similar:
        give turns to
        take in turn
        take in rotation
      • 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"
      Similar:
      every second
      • (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern:
        "alternate bouts of intense labor and of idleness"
        Similar:
        in rotation
        occurring in turns
        following in sequence
      • botany
        (of leaves or shoots) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
    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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  2. Other words for "alternate" include12345:
    • Alternative
    • Substitute
    • Replacement
    • Back-up
    • Other
    • Makeshift
    • Temporary
    • Provisional
    • Surrogate
    • Second
    • Spare
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    alternative, substitute, replacement, back-up, other, makeshift, temporary, provisional, surrogate, second, spare
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    Synonyms for ALTERNATIVE: choice, option, dilemma, alternant, either, elective, loophole, other, optionality, preference, quandary, choice; Antonyms for ALTERNATIVE: necessity, constraint, restraint, obligation, compulsion.
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    substitute alternate option choice replacement unconventional
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    alternate optional discretionary elective chosen voluntary unnecessary unwanted
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    To take or do by turns (Verb) Synonyms: interchange rotate take-turns substitute
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