alternates
Meaning of alternates
verb, 3rd person present
- occur in turn repeatedly.
bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation
- 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
early 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as alternation ): from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.
Information about alternates
- The singular form of alternates is: alternate.
- Languages in which alternates is used:
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Hyphenation of alternates
al-ter-nates
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- alternates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
alternates synonyms
Meaning pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order:
Meaning vary or fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc:
Meaning rise and fall irregularly in number or amount:
Words that rhyme with alternates
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