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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions alternate noun  That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. Grateful alternates of substantial. -Prior (Misuse) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. (math) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. A replacement of equal or greater value or function. (heraldry) figure, Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns. verb (alternat, ing) (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. (intransitive) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. adjective  Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid passions fall and rise. -Pope (math) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second. the members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. other, Other; or as common misuse when meaning alternative. (botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. Etymology: From (term, alternare, , take turns), (term, alternus, , one after another, by turns), from (term, alter, , other). See (term, altern), (term, alter).      Full Definition of alternate  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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