Word: alternating
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: al
ter
na
ting
Definition: That alternates; go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Morphemes:
Affix: alter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To become different.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: alter
Language: la
Decoded: alter
Meaning: the other
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.