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Meanings of alternate in English

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        Portuguese
        substituto
        Catalan
        substitut

        Someone who takes the place of another person.

              substituto
              Portuguese
              trocar
              Catalan
              canviar
              Spanish
              alternar

              Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

                    trocar
                    Catalan
                    alternar
                    Spanish
                    alternar

                    Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.

                          alternar
                          Usage of alternate in English
                          1
                          Or if you choose to use the alternate approach for large archives:
                          Managing projects with gnu make, 3rd edition
                          2
                          The game will alternate each year between the American and National leagues.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          No-one would ever be able to access that particular alternate Earth again.
                          A Hard Day’s Knight
                          4
                          Gadolinium thus may work to open the alternate chloride channel in CF.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          Please expect significant delays in both directions and use an alternate route.
                          Radio NZ
                          6
                          Race officials took heat last year for not selecting an alternate route.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          But in this alternate reality, she was summoned to meet her family.
                          Seven Minutes in Heaven
                          8
                          The v-f-g in particular annoyed me by uttering alternate chompings and belchings.
                          The Enormous Room
                          9
                          Students can approach the university's Student Care service for alternate support options.
                          Radio NZ
                          10
                          The concrete work was built in alternate sections, 7 ft. in length.
                          Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
                          11
                          But no convincing alternate theory has emerged to explain what ultimately happened.
                          The Secret History of Twin Peaks
                          12
                          She spent the rest of the afternoon in alternate wrath and grief.
                          We Two: A Novel
                          13
                          They fought by alternate separate strokes; the senior had the first blow.
                          The Danish History, Books I-IX
                          14
                          Wednesday's questions during the trial will alternate between Republican and Democratic senators.
                          Radio NZ
                          15
                          Neither the principal nor alternate in this group were able to serve.
                          Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
                          16
                          The trees bear profusely in alternate years but the fruit is small.
                          One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
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                          Translations for alternate
                          Spanish
                          alternar
                          Alternate through the time
                          Alternate across language varieties
                          Australia
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          New Zealand
                          Common
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