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Meaning of alternate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alternate
      adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on
             alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White
             Queen
      2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
         [syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}]
      3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
         "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)},
         {alternating(a)}]
      4: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the
         other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with
         alternate leaves" [ant: {opposite}, {paired}]
      n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
           {surrogate}, {alternate}, {replacement}]
      v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
           or conditions [syn: {alternate}, {jump}]
      2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and
         functions
      3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: {understudy},
         {alternate}]
      4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
         {interchange}, {tack}, {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip-
         flop}]
      5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
         [syn: {alternate}, {take turns}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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