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alternate
1. To follow one thing with something else.
2. To take turns.
2. To take turns.
"James alternated with Sam in taking the night shift on alternate weeks."
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alternate jurors
Jurors who have been selected to replace any of the regular jurors who may become ill and cannot attend the full trial proceeding.
These replacement jurors are responsible for the same tasks as regular jurors who will hear and decide cases.
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alternate
1. Someone who takes the place of another person>
2. To exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions.
3. To do something in turns.
4. To go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
5. To be an understudy or alternate for a role.
6. To reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
2. To exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions.
3. To do something in turns.
4. To go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
5. To be an understudy or alternate for a role.
6. To reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
alternate (AWL tur nayt [verb]; AWL tur nit [adjective])
1. Occurring by turns; succeeding each other, take turns, rotate, interchange, vary, change (verb): "He and his sister alternate washing the supper dishes."
2. One and then the other; every other, successive (adjective): "Each of the two druggists works on alternate Sundays." "The awning had alternate red and white stripes."
3. Substitute, backup (adjective): "If the main road is closed, take an alternate route."
4. Stanby, backup, understudy (noun): "He attended the political convention not as a delegate but as an alternate."
2. One and then the other; every other, successive (adjective): "Each of the two druggists works on alternate Sundays." "The awning had alternate red and white stripes."
3. Substitute, backup (adjective): "If the main road is closed, take an alternate route."
4. Stanby, backup, understudy (noun): "He attended the political convention not as a delegate but as an alternate."
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alternate (AWL tur nayt) (verb)
Occurring by turns; succeeding each other, take turns, change: "Tyrone and his sister alternate washing the supper dishes."
alternate (AWL tur nit) (adjective)
One and then the other; every other, successive: "Each of the two druggists works on alternate Sundays."
"The awning had alternate red and white stripes."
alternate (AWL tur nit) (noun)
Standby, backup, understudy: "Karl attended the political convention not as a delegate but as an alternate."
alternative (awl TUR nuh tiv) (noun)
A choice between two or among more than two things; something remaining to be chosen; an option: "Is there an alternative to going to the party tonight?"
"If Vernon wants to get to Los Angeles by tonight, he has no alternative but to go by plane."
The two words have quite separate and distinct meanings: alternate implies the taking of turns, while alternative implies a choice.
Let's not blow alternately hot and cold on this; the alternative to holding the line is fuzziness of meanings.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek: turning like oxen in plowing; alternate lines in opposite directions; zig-zag procedure)