1every other; every second:she was asked to attend on alternate days
(of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern:alternate bouts of intense labour and of idleness
Botany (of leaves or shoots) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
2chiefly North Americananother term for alternative.a novel set in an alternate universe
არსებითი სახელი
Universal
a person who acts as a deputy or substitute:he shall be entitled to exercise the vote of the director for whom he is an alternate
ზმნა
Universal
occur in turn repeatedly:bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation (as adjective alternating)a season of alternating hot days and cool nights
[with object] do or perform in turn repeatedly:some adults who wish to alternate work with education
change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions:the government alternated between the Labour and Conservative parties