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Что (кто) такое Alternate - определение
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Alternativism; Alternate; The Alternative; Alternative (disambiguation); The Alternative (disambiguation)
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alternate
(alternated)
1.
When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states...
The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour...
Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and eggplant...
The band alternated romantic love songs with bouncy dance numbers.
V-RECIP: V between/with n, pl-n V, V pl-n, V n with n
• alternation (alternations)
The alternation of sun and snow continued for the rest of our holiday.
N-VAR
2.
Alternate actions, events, or processes regularly occur after each other.
They were streaked with alternate bands of colour.
ADJ: ADJ n
• alternately
He could alternately bully and charm people...
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
3.
If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one day, then happens on every second day after that. In the same way, something can happen in alternate weeks, years, or other periods of time.
Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You use alternate to describe a plan, idea, or system which is different from the one already in operation and can be used instead of it.
His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.
= alternative
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
An alternate is a person or thing that replaces another, and can act or be used instead of them. (AM)
In most jurisdictions, twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen...
= substitute
N-COUNT
6.
Alternate is sometimes used, especially in American English, instead of alternative
in meanings 3, 4, and 5.
in meanings 3, 4, and 5.
...an alternate lifestyle.
ADJ: ADJ n
Alternate
·noun That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
II. Alternate ·noun A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
III. Alternate ·vi To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.
IV. Alternate ·vt To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
V. Alternate ·noun A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
VI. Alternate ·adj Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
VII. Alternate ·adj 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.
VIII. Alternate ·vi To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;
- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
IX. Alternate ·adj 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; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, ·etc. ; read every alternate line.
alternate
¦ verb '?:lt?ne?t, '?l- occur or do in turn repeatedly.
?change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions.
¦ adjective ?:l't?:n?t, ?l-
1. every other.
(of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern.
Botany (of leaves or shoots) placed alternately on the two sides of the stem.
2. chiefly N. Amer. another term for alternative.
¦ noun ?:l't?:n?t, ?l- N. Amer. a deputy or substitute.
Derivatives
alternately adverb
alternation noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as alternation): from L. alternare (see alternative).
Usage
The use of alternate to mean alternative is common in North American English, though still generally regarded as incorrect in Britain.
alternate
I. a.
1.
Reciprocal, one after another, in turn.
2.
Every other, separated by one, succeeding each other with intervals of one, discontinuous by omission of one.
3.
On different sides successively.
II. v. n.
Reciprocate, act interchangeably.
III. v. a.
Perform reciprocally, or by turns, or responsively, or by strophe and antistrophe.
alternate
v.
1) (D; intr.) to alternate between (they alternate between supporting us and opposing us)
2) (D; intr.) to alternate in (we alternate in doing the household chores)
3) (d; intr., tr.) to alternate with (sunny weather alternated with rain; the coach alternated Jones with Wilson)
alternative
(alternatives)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The form 'alternate' is sometimes used, especially in American English, instead of 'alternative' in meanings 3, 4, and 5.
1.
If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
N-COUNT: oft N to n
2.
An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead.
There were alternative methods of travel available...
= other, alternate
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern Western society. For example, an alternative lifestyle does not follow conventional ways of living and working.
...unconventional parents who embraced the alternative lifestyle of the Sixties...
? conventional
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture.
...alternative health care.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Alternative energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power.
ADJ: ADJ n
alternative
n.
Choice (between two things), other (of two).
alternative
¦ adjective
1. (of one or more things) available as another possibility.
(of two things) mutually exclusive.
2. relating to activities that depart from or challenge traditional norms.
¦ noun one of two or more available possibilities.
Derivatives
alternatively adverb
Origin
C16: from Fr. alternatif, -ive or med. L. alternativus, from L. alternat-, alternare 'do by turns', from alternus 'every other', from alter 'other of two'.
Usage
Some traditionalists maintain that, because of the word's origin, you can only have a maximum of two alternatives, and that uses where there are more than two are wrong. Such uses are, however, normal in modern standard English.
alternative
n.
1) to propose an alternative
2) to fall back on an alternative
3) a viable alternative
4) an alternative to
5) no alternative but to + inf. (we have no alternative but to compromise)
Википедия
Alternative
Alternative or alternate may refer to:
