Definition of alternates in English

Wiktionary

alternates (Noun)
Plural of alternate.

Part of speech

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alternates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of alternate (infinitive).
alternates, noun, plural of alternate.

WordNet

Verb alternates, alternating, alternated
alternate - do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
		take turns
		act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
		spell take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"
alternate - exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
		exchange give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
		rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
alternate - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
		jump
		vary, alter, change make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
alternate - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
		interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop
		change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
alternate - be an understudy or alternate for a role
		understudy
		memorise, memorize, con, learn commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
Adjective
alternate - serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
		alternative, substitute
		secondary belonging to a lower class or rank
alternate - 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"
		phytology, botany the branch of biology that studies plants
alternate - occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"
		alternating
alternate - every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen

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Wiktionary

alternate (Noun)
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
alternate (Noun)
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
alternate (Noun)
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
alternate (Noun)
A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
alternate (Noun)
Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
alternate (Verb)
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
alternate (Verb)
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
alternate (Verb)
To vary by turns.
alternate (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.
alternate (Adjective)
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.
alternate (Adjective)
Other; alternative.
alternate (Adjective)
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

alternate (a.)
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.
alternate (a.)
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; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
alternate (a.)
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
alternate (n.)
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
alternate (n.)
A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
alternate (n.)
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
alternate (v. t.)
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
alternate (v. i.)
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
alternate (v. i.)
To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

alternate
Going back and forth between two states or conditions.
alternate
Every second one of a series.
alternate
Being or succeeding by turns.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

alternate
al′tėr-nāt, or al-tėr′nāt, v.t. to cause to follow by turns or one after the other.—v.i. to happen by turns: to follow every other or second time—also Al′ternise.—adjs. Al′tern (Milton), alternate, acting by turns; Alter′nant (geol.), in alternate layers; Alter′nate, one after the other: by turns.—adv. Alter′nately.—ns. Alter′nateness, Alter′nacy (rare); Alternā′tion, the act of alternating: interchange: reading or singing antiphonally.—adj. Alter′native, offering a choice of two things.—n. a choice between two things.—adv. Alter′natively. [L. alter, other.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

alternate
Reciprocal.--Alternate angles are the internal angles formed by a line cutting two parallels, and lying on the opposite side of the cutting line; the one below the first parallel, and the other above.--Alternate ratio is that of which the antecedents and consequents bear respectively to each other in any proportion which has the quantities of the same kind.