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- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Meaning of alternate
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alternate
adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on
alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White
Queen
2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
[syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}]
3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
"alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)},
{alternating(a)}]
4: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the
other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with
alternate leaves" [ant: {opposite}, {paired}]
n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
{surrogate}, {alternate}, {replacement}]
v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
or conditions [syn: {alternate}, {jump}]
2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and
functions
3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: {understudy},
{alternate}]
4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
{interchange}, {tack}, {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip-
flop}]
5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
[syn: {alternate}, {take turns}]
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