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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Alternate" Definition
noun
A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An alternative.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
One that substitutes for or with another.
Source: Merriam-Webster
adjective
Botany Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Botany Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year. See Usage Note at alternative.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To do or execute by turns.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To perform by turns or in succession.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to alternate.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To change from one to another repeatedly .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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