Alternate

==English==
===Etymology===
From , , from . See , .
===Pronunciation===
; Adjective, noun
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===Adjective===
# Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
#: And bid alternate passions fall and rise. -Alexander Pope
# Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
#: the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
# Other or alternative.
# Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.
====Translations====
* Bulgarian: 
* Czech: 
* Estonian: 
* Finnish: 
* Swedish: växlande, omväxlande
* Czech: 
* Swedish: varannan (=every second; every other)
* Czech: , 
* Swedish: 
* Finnish: 
===Noun===
# That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
#: Grateful alternates of substantial. -Matthew Prior
# A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
# A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
# A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
# Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
====Translations====
* Czech: 
* Czech: 
* Dutch: 
* Swedish: vikarie (replacing as a workman), ersättare (replacing as a member of a committee, board, etc.)
===Verb===
# To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
# To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with.
#: The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
# To vary by turns.
#: The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
====Translations====
* Bulgarian: 
* Croatian: 
* Czech: 
* German: alternieren
* Japanese: 交替する (kōtai suru)
* Swedish: växla, alternera
* Bulgarian: 
* Croatian: 
* Czech: 
* German: alternieren
* Japanese: 交替する (kōtai suru)
* Swedish: växla, följa på varandra
* Croatian: 
* Czech: 
* French: 
* German: alternieren
* Swedish: växla
===Derived terms===
* alternate allegation
* alternate angles
* alternate generation
* alternately
* alternation
===See also===
* alternative
* variant
===External links===
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* alternate in The Online Etymology Dictionary
Category:English heteronyms
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==Italian==
===Verb===
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===Adjective===
# Feminine plural form of alternato
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