Word: alternated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: al
ter
na
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of alternate; 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: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.