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alternated

/ˈɒl.tə.neɪtɪd/

/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪtɪd/

alternateverb

alternated

Past Simple

alternated

Past Simple

alternated

Past Participle

alternating

Gerund

/ˈɒl.tə.neɪt/

/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪt/

(homograph)

Translations

чередовать

You should alternate between jogging and walking to build endurance.

Вам следует чередовать бег трусцой и ходьбу, чтобы развить выносливость.

сменять

The guards alternate every two hours.

Охранники сменяют друг друга каждые два часа.

Additional translations

перемежать

Definitions

To occur in turn repeatedly.

The weather alternates between sunny and rainy throughout the week.

To switch back and forth between two or more things.

She alternates between jogging and cycling for her daily exercise.

To take turns doing something.

They alternate driving duties on long road trips.

To cause two or more things to follow each other in turn; to intersperse or arrange in alternating order.

The designer alternated stripes of blue and white across the wall.

Synonyms

alternatenoun

Definitions

A person who acts as a substitute or replacement for another.

The alternate was ready to step in if the main performer couldn't make it.

A substitute or replacement option, often used in the context of plans or strategies.

We need to have an alternate in case the original plan doesn't work out.

alternateadjective

Definitions

Occurring or succeeding by turns; every other.

The team plays on alternate weekends.

Serving or used in place of another; substitute.

They took an alternate route to avoid the traffic.

Botany: (of leaves or other plant parts) arranged singly at successive heights on the stem, each at a different node and on alternating sides.

The sapling's alternate leaves give the branch a spiral appearance.