Alternate is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ALTERNATE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to cause to follow by turns or one after the other (properly, of two things)
• do or perform in turn repeatedly
• change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions
• occur in turn repeatedly
• (cause to) occur by turns
• To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
• To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
• To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
• be an understudy or alternate for a role
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• do something in turns
NOUN:
• a person who acts as a deputy or substitute
• That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
• A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
• A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
• someone who takes the place of another person
• person who substitutes for another in their absence
ADJECTIVE:
• in turns
• (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern
• (of leaves or shoots) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
• every other; every second
• Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
• Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
• Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
• every second one of a series
• serving or used in place of another
• occurring by turns; first one and then the other
• of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
• occurring by turns
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• occurring or succeeding by turns

Words related to ALTERNATE

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Words that contain ALTERNATE

alternated11 alternates10 alternately14 subalternate14 subalternates15

How to use ALTERNATE in a sentence

• His palace is two miles in circuit, and is paved with alternate plates of gold and silver.
• The Turks cared only for war and pleasure, and spent their time in alternate excitement and lazy repose.
• The Beech is alternate-leaved, and we should therefore expect the scales to alternate.
• Ask the pupils to look at all the branches with alternate leaves that they have studied, and determine in each case what leaves stand directly over each other.
• A is the cylinder in which a movable piston, T, is forced alternately up and down by the alternate admission, to each side, of the steam from the boiler.
• It was an alternate universe that existed only in her house and only for a few intense hours at a time.
• The siege lasted two months and a half with alternate successes and reverses.
• I now make alternate trips to New York and New Orleans.
• A branch road from the Bouwerie Lane led across the stretch of alternate marsh and sand to the tiny settlement of Greenwich, running from east to west.
• Previous to the revolution most of the Mainote families lived in a state of alternate attack and siege.
• The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.
• The main piers of the north transept have a ridge running down their alternate stone shafts.
• Next restore all the cards to one pack, taking care to have the first card red, the next black, and so on, every alternate card being the same color.
• During the remainder of the month of July there was alternate rain and frost.
• By the way, what a delightful Series will be these views of European cities for the walls of a cheerful breakfast parlour, or to alternate with well-filled cases of books.
• Grease pudding-dish and put in alternate layers of the mixture and pears that have been boiled with water, sugar and claret.
• Put alternate layers of fruit and sugar in the kettle, having the first layer fruit.
• Put into the kettle with alternate layers of sugar.
• After a day of alternate sleep and feeding I was so far recovered as to be able to get from my bunk to the scuttle, and see the green seas trying to keep pace with us.
• Occasionally one of them went out for delicate game, and by alternate watches they managed to get sufficient sleep to recruit their exhausted energies.
• Coming to the corner, I looked along to the left where the lane, alternate patches of silver and ebony, showed deserted as far as I could see.

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