Odd numbers alternate with even ones.
Source: tatoeba (20644)
Alternate
//ɔlʈə(r).neʈ//
Synonyms for "alternate" (264 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (79)
do a stintdo a tourdo timedoubledummyebb and flowenlistepochalequalequivalentequivocateersatzevenevery otherexchangeexchangeableexecutive officerexponentextensionfake
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fallbackfigureheadfill infill in forfill-inflounderfluctuateget back atget even withghostghostwritergive and takego through phaseshave a gohave tenurehesitatehitch and hikehold officeimitationin rotationinterchangeableintermitintermittentisochronalisochronouskeep a watchlieutenantlocumlocum tenenslogrollmakeshiftmeasuredmetaphormetonymymetronomicmocknext best thingopen classroom schooloscillateoscillatoryotherparanymphpass and repasspay backpendulateperiodicperiodicalpermutepersonnelphonypinchpinch hitterpleaderprocuratorprovisional
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (132)
proxypublic schoolpulsatepulsepulsingre-upreappearreciprocalreciprocatereciprocativerecurrecurrentrecurringreenlistreliefrelievereoccurrepeatreplacementreplacing
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representativerequitereservereservesrespondretaliatereturnreturn the complimentrevolverhythmicrhythmicalride and tiering the changesringerroll aroundrotaryrotaterotatingseasonalsecondsecond in commandsecond stringsecondaryseesawserialserve timeshiftshilly shallyshilly-shallyshuffleshuttleshuttlecocksignsign upsine wavesparesparesspecial schoolspellspell offstaggerstand instand-insteadystopgapsubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsucceedsuccessivesummer schoolsupersedersupplanterswapswayswingswitchsymbolsynecdochetake turnsteeterteeter totterteeter-tottertemporarytentativetergiversatethird stringtime offto-and-frotokentottertradetransposeturnundulantundulateundulatoryup-and-downutilityutility manutility playervacillatevariantvaryvicarvicar generalvicariousvicevice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentvicegerentwavelikewaverwax and wanewheelwheel aroundwheelingwibble-wabblewigwagwobblezigzag
Noun(2 words)
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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12 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
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2 entrieshas context
5 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
107 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- алтернативен adj (other; alternative)
- друг adj (other; alternative)
- редуващ се adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- редувам се verb (to perform by turns)
Catalan
2 entries- alternar verb (to perform by turns)
- alternar verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏍᎩ noun (substitute)
Czech
4 entries- alternativní adj (other; alternative)
- náhradní adj (other; alternative)
- střídavý adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- střídavý adj (mathematics: designating the members in a series)
Danish
2 entries- alternativ adj (other; alternative)
- hveranden adj (mathematics: designating the members in a series)
Dutch
2 entries- alternatief adj (other; alternative)
- plaatsvervanger noun (substitute)
Estonian
1 entries- vahelduv adj (being or succeeding by turns)
Finnish
4 entries- joka toinen adj (mathematics: designating the members in a series)
- vaihtoehto adj (other; alternative)
- vaihtoehtoinen adj (other; alternative)
- vuorottainen adj (botany: distributed, as leaves)
French
3 entries- alternatif adj (other; alternative)
- alternative adj (other; alternative)
- alterner verb (to vary by turns)
Galician
2 entries- alternar verb (to perform by turns)
- alternar verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
German
4 entries- Wechsel adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- abgeändert adj (other; alternative)
- abwechselnd adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- alternativ adj (other; alternative)
Hindi
2 entries- वैकल्पिक adj (other; alternative)
- विकल्प noun (substitute)
Hungarian
2 entries- váltakozik verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
- váltogat verb (to perform by turns)
Irish
3 entries- ailtéarnaigh verb (to perform by turns)
- ailtéarnaigh verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
- ailtéarnaigh verb (to vary by turns)
Italian
2 entries- alternato adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- alterno adj (being or succeeding by turns)
Japanese
2 entries- 交替する verb (to perform by turns)
- 交替する verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
Latin
1 entries- alternus adj (being or succeeding by turns)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alternativ adj (other; alternative)
Occitan
2 entries- alternar verb (to perform by turns)
- alternar verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
Polish
1 entries- alternować adj (being or succeeding by turns)
Portuguese
4 entries- alternado adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- alternante adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- alternativo adj (other; alternative)
- substituta noun (substitute)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- alternirati verb (to perform by turns)
- alternirati verb (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
- alternirati verb (to vary by turns)
Spanish
4 entries- alterno adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- alterno adj (other; alternative)
- sustituta noun (substitute)
- sustituto noun (substitute)
Swedish
4 entries- alternativ adj (other; alternative)
- alternerande adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- omväxlande adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- varannan adj (mathematics: designating the members in a series)
Tagalog
1 entries- salisi adj (mathematics: designating the members in a series)
Turkish
2 entries- alternatif adj (other; alternative)
- başka adj (other; alternative)
Welsh
2 entries- bob yn ail adj (being or succeeding by turns)
- bob yn ail adj (botany: distributed, as leaves)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Write on alternate lines.
Source: tatoeba (27797)
There are pictures on alternate pages of the book.
Source: tatoeba (43937)
There are maps on alternate pages of the book.
Source: tatoeba (43956)
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