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The correct spelling is alternates.
How to pronounce alternates
noun
Say it like: Alt-ern-ate-s
The correct spelling is alternates. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. For example: "The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other."
Usage Examples
“The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.”
“The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- 2.A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- 3.A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- 4.A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- 5.Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
verb
- 1.To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- 2.To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- 3.To vary by turns.
- 4.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.
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