alternate

alternate
al|ter|nate1 [o:lˈtə:nıt US ˈo:ltər-, ˈæl-] adj [usually before noun]
[Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of alternare 'to alternate', from alternus 'alternate', from alter; ALTER]
1.) if something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern
alternate Mondays/weekends etc
▪ The service runs on alternate days.
2.) two alternate things are placed one after the other in a regular pattern
▪ alternate blue and red stripes
▪ Arrange the leeks and noodles in alternate layers .
3.) used to replace another thing of the same type
▪ the appointment of an alternate director
alternate 2
al|ter|nate2 [ˈo:ltəneıt US ˈo:ltər-, ˈæl-] v [I and T]
if two things alternate, or if you alternate them, they happen one after the other in a repeated pattern
alternate between
▪ She alternated between outrage and sympathy.
alternate with
▪ Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
alternate sth and/with sth
▪ Twist your body, alternating right and left stretches.
>alternation [ˌo:ltəˈneıʃən US ˌo:ltər-, ˌæl-] n [U and C]

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