See Also: alternate 1, adjective(dictionary)
alternate(2)(dictionary)
Alternate(medicine)
alternate(1)(dictionary)
alternate 2, verb(dictionary)
Alternate pathway(health)
Alternate hemiplegia(health)
Alternate Demand(money)
alternate day strabismus(medicine)
Alternate Site Testing(health)

alternate 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of alternare 'to alternate', from alternus 'alternate', from alter; ALTER]
if something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern
alternate Mondays/weekends etc
::The service runs on alternate days.
two alternate things are placed one after the other in a regular pattern
::alternate blue and red stripes
::Arrange the leeks and noodles in alternate layers .
used to replace another thing of the same type
-synonym alternative alternative
::the appointment of an alternate director