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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211. Leaves opposite, rarely fascicled or alternate, simple or compound; leaf or leaflet blades palmately veined.
212. If the routing flag is SLS _ RTG, then the alternate linkset must be unknown.
213. The safety issues and considerations for responders in an unsafe environment, including the recognition of an unsafe area, decontamination and access to alternate means of casualty management.
214. Ventral striae, consisting of alternate lines of black and silver, well developed on isthmus and on ventral regions.
215. The invention has high universality and is suitable for both the paper shredder adopting an alternate current motor and an induction motor and the paper shredder adopting a direct current motor.
216. Unexplained blood and mucus in stool, or alternate of diarrhea and constipation, and unexplained hematuria.
217. Nancy and her sister will alternate in satting the table.
218. As a result of the alternate row format of value compression[sentencedict .com], NULL values are stored more compact.
219. Because of the lattice mismatch between two layers, there existed an alternate stress field in the multilayer, which counted for a large portion of the hardness enhancement of the multilayer.
220. Present at the plenum were 195 members and 152 alternate members of the CPC Central Committee.
More similar words: alternative, alternatively, alternative medicine, paternal, fraternal, international, consternation, alter, falter, altered, altering, alter ego, supernatural, eternal, internal, external, altercation, unalterable, gubernatorial, ornate, incarnate, externalization, internalization, adulterate, maternity, paternity, helter-skelter, fraternize, fraternity, terminate.