alternate meaning
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[ˈɒlˌtɜː(ɹ).nət] [ˈɔl.tɚ.nət] [ˈɑl.tɚ.nət] [ˈɒl.tə(ɹ)ˌneɪt] [ˈɔl.tɚ.neɪt] [ˈɑl.tɚ.neɪt] 
US US WAlternate
- NounPLalternatesSUF-ate
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- VerbSGalternatesPRalternatingPT, PPalternated
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
- The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- 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
- (mathematics) 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.
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
- (botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
- 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.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Several classifiers are tested on the extracted features, the best method being metaclassifier bootstrap aggregating (Bagging) based on alternating decision trees (ADTree).
- His punches alternated between uppercuts and loose-handed swipes.
- The spade foot leg may be used as an alternate design.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of alternate in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en alternately
- en alternates
- en alternated
- fr alternateur
- en alternateen
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "alternate" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.