Meaning Of The Word Alternate

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What's The Definition Of Alternate?

alternate
Alternate actions, events, or processes regularly occur after each other.
verb: When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.

alternate in American English
occurring by turns; succeeding each other; one and then the other
adjective: being in a constant state of succession or rotation; interchanged repeatedly one for another
intransitive verb: to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate
noun: a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute
transitive verb: to perform or do in succession or one after another

alternate in British English
adjective: occurring by turns
noun: a person who substitutes for another in his or her absence; stand-in
verb: to occur or cause to occur successively or by turns

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