alternate
/ˈɔl.tɚ.neɪt/ verb B2- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- 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.
- To vary by turns. · The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
- To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
He/she/it alternates · Past alternated · Past participle alternated · -ing form alternating
Verb forms
- Base form
- alternate
- He/she/it
- alternates
- Past
- alternated
- Past participle
- alternated
- -ing form
- alternating
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“My dear sir,” cried Holmes, “there cannot be the least doubt in the world that it has been written by two persons doing alternate words.
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