alternate

Definitions of alternate in various dictionaries:

noun - someone who takes the place of another person

verb - go back and forth

verb - exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

verb - be an understudy or alternate for a role

verb - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

verb - do something in turns

adj - every second one of a series

adj - serving or used in place of another

adj - occurring by turns

adj - of leaves and branches etc

To occur in successive turns: showers alternating with sunshine.

To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.

To do or execute by turns.

To cause to follow in turns; interchange regularly.

See Usage Note at alternative.

Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.

Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan.

Botany.

Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on a stem.

Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

An alternative.