alternate
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
Other meanings
Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
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.
Related words
- alternateness
- alternate allegation
- alternate angles
- alternate energy
- alternate generation
- alternate persona
- alternate universe
- alternately
- alternate action
- alternate history
- alternate plumage
- alternate reality game
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "alternō" (to take turns).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “alternate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.