Synonym: interchange, spell, switch, take turns. Antonym: consecutive. Similar words: alternative, alternatively, alternative medicine, paternal, fraternal, international, consternation, alter. Meaning: [ɔːl'tɜːnət] 
n. someone who takes the place of another person. v. 1. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions 2. exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 3. be an understudy or alternate for a role 4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) 5. do something in turns. adj. 1. every second one of a series 2. allowing a choice 3. occurring by turns; first one and then the other 4. of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired.
n. someone who takes the place of another person. v. 1. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions 2. exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 3. be an understudy or alternate for a role 4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) 5. do something in turns. adj. 1. every second one of a series 2. allowing a choice 3. occurring by turns; first one and then the other 4. of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired. 
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1. Wet days alternate with fine days.
2. That was a week of alternate rain and sunshine.
3. The service runs on alternate days.
4. Most farmers alternate their crops.
5. Stretch up 30 times with alternate arms as a warm-up exercise.
6. This is an alternate plan.
7. Ambulance crews alternate between emergency and routine work.
8. He and I clean our room on alternate days.
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9. We must alternate work with rest.
10. Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
11. The competition is fixed for alternate Wednesdays.
12. Arrange the leeks and noodles in alternate layers .
13. Alternate cubes of meat with slices of red pepper.
14. Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
15. She works on alternate days.
16. Alternate cubes of meat and slices of red pepper.
17. They were streaked with alternate bands of colour.
18. John has to work on alternate Sundays.
19. Farmers usually alternate their crops.
20. Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.
21. In research, times of discouragement alternate with times of great achievement.
22. Private cars are banned from the city on alternate days.
23. The ferry service will initially run on alternate days, increasing eventually to daily sailings.
24. She and her husband alternate in doing the household chores.
25. Helen and her sister will alternate in setting the table.
26. The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour.
27. The new play is on the show on alternate days.
28. The star actor was ill, so his understudy had to alternate for him.
29. She gets Saturdays off in her new job as against working alternate weekends in her last one.
30. His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.
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