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alternate
noun
1 alternate
verb
1 alternate
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
synonym: jump.
Roget 314:
oscillate;
vibrate,
librate†;
alternate,
undulate,
wave;
rock,
swing;
pulsate,
beat;
wag,
waggle;
nod,
bob,
courtesy,
curtsy;
tick;
play;
wamble†,
wabble†;
dangle,
swag.
fluctuate,
dance,
curvet,
reel,
quake;
quiver,
quaver;
shake,
flicker;
wriggle;
roll,
toss,
pitch;
flounder,
stagger,
totter;
move up and down,
bob up and down
etc.
adv.;
pass and repass,
ebb and flow,
come and go;
vacillate
etc.
605;
teeter [U.S.].
brandish,
shake,
flourish.
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Roget 149:
fluctuate,
vary,
waver,
flounder,
flicker,
flitter,
flit,
flutter,
shift,
shuffle,
shake,
totter,
tremble,
vacillate,
wamble†,
turn and turn about,
ring the changes;
sway to and fro,
shift to and fro;
change and change about;
waffle,
blow with the wind
(irresolute)
605;
oscillate
etc.
314;
vibrate between,
two extremes,
oscillate between,
two extremes;
alternate;
have as man phases as the moon.
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Roget 138:
recur in regular order,
recur in regular succession;
return,
revolve;
come again,
come in its turn;
come round,
come round again;
beat,
pulsate;
alternate;
intermit.
Roget 605:
be irresolute
etc.
adj.;
hang in suspense,
keep in suspense;
leave "ad referendum";
think twice about,
pause;
dawdle
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
remain neuter;
dillydally,
hesitate,
boggle,
hover,
dacker†,
hum and haw,
demur,
not know one's own mind;
debate,
balance;
dally with,
coquet with;
will and will not,
chaser-balancer†;
go halfway,
compromise,
make a compromise;
be thrown off one's balance,
stagger like a drunken man;
be afraid
etc.
860;
let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'"
[Macbeth];
falter,
waver vacillate
etc.
149;
change
etc.
140;
retract
etc.
607;
fluctuate;
pendulate†;
alternate
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
keep off and on,
play fast and loose;
blow hot and cold
etc.
(caprice)
608.
shuffle,
palter,
blink;
trim.
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Roget 63:
succeed;
come after,
come on,
come next;
follow,
ensue,
step into the shoes of;
alternate.
place after,
suffix,
append.
Roget 20a:
vary
etc.
(change)
140;
deviate
etc.
279;
diverge
etc.
291;
alternate,
swerve.
Roget 70:
be discontinuous
etc.
adj.;
alternate,
intermit,
sputter,
stop and start,
hesitate.
discontinue,
pause,
interrupt;
intervene;
break,
break in upon,
break off;
interpose
etc.
228;
break the thread,
snap the thread;
disconnect
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
dissever.
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Dutch: verwisselen, alterneren, afwisselen
2 alternate
Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions.
Dutch: afwisselen, alterneren, rouleren
3 alternate
Be an understudy or alternate for a role.
synonym: understudy.
4 alternate
5 alternate
Do something in turns.
synonym: take turns.
Dutch: beurtelings, verwisselend, wisselend, afwisselend, afwisselen
adjective
1 alternate
Every second one of a series.
Roget 63:
succeeding
&c.;
v.;
sequent†;
subsequent,
consequent,
sequacious†,
proximate,
next;
consecutive
etc.
(continuity)
69;
alternate,
amoebean†.
latter;
posterior
etc.
117.
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Roget 138:
periodic,
periodical;
serial,
recurrent,
cyclical,
rhythmical;
recurring
etc.
v.;
intermittent,
remittent;
alternate,
every other.
hourly;
diurnal,
daily;
quotidian,
tertian,
weekly;
hebdomadal†,
hebdomadary†;
biweekly,
fortnightly;
bimonthly;
catamenial†;
monthly,
menstrual;
yearly,
annual;
biennial,
triennial,
&c.;
centennial,
secular;
paschal,
lenten,
etc.
regular,
steady,
punctual,
regular as clockwork.
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Roget 12:
reciprocal,
mutual,
commutual†,
correlative,
reciprocative,
interrelated,
closely related;
alternate;
interchangeable;
interdependent;
international;
complemental,
complementary.
Roget 70:
discontinuous,
unsuccessive†,
broken,
interrupted,
dicousu [Fr.];
disconnected,
unconnected;
discrete,
disjunctive;
fitful
etc.
(irregular)
139;
spasmodic,
desultory;
intermitting,
occasional
etc.
v.,
intermittent;
alternate;
recurrent
etc.
(periodic)
138.
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2 alternate
3 alternate
Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
synonym: alternating.
Polish: naprzemienny, przemienny
4 alternate
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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