Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
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(mathematics) 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.
alternate universe]] and an alternate reality.
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(US) Other; alternative.
Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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