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alternate

English

  1. 🔊 of leaves and branches etc
    “stems with alternate leaves”
  2. 🔊 serving or used in place of another
    “an alternative plan”
  3. 🔊 someone who takes the place of another person
  4. 🔊 do something in turns
    “We take turns on the night shift”
  5. 🔊 go back and forth
  6. 🔊 exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
  7. 🔊 be an understudy or alternate for a role
  8. 🔊 reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Spanish

  1. 🔊 alternar to alternate
  2. 🔊 turnar to alternate
  3. 🔊 alterno alternate, alternative

Similar words

surrogate replacement take turns jump interchange tack switch flip flip-flop understudy alternative substitute advocate agent alter ego alternating alternative amicus curiae analogy attorney back and fill back-and-forth backup backup man