alternates

Meaning of alternates

verb, 3rd person present
  1. occur in turn repeatedly.
    bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation
plural noun
  1. 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.
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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:

rotate

Meaning vary or fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc:

oscillate

Meaning rise and fall irregularly in number or amount:

fluctuate

Words that rhyme with alternates

ates, Acrobates, Atrebates, Bates, Cataebates, Dendrobates, Eurybates, Halobates, Hydrobates, Hylobates, Iobates, Pelobates, abates, absorbates, acerbates, acrobates, adsorbates, approbates, ascorbates, bates, celibates, chorobates, cohobates, columbates, conglobates, debates, delibates, erythorbates, exacerbates, extubates, hydrobates, hylobates, incubates, intubates, libates, makebates, masturbates, niobates, outdebates, perturbates, plumbates, polysorbates, probates, rebates, reprobates, sebates, sorbates, stereobates, stylobates, surbates

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