Alternate means: Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly). Related words include backup or relief. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Alternate in practice.
Alternate in a sentence
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Alternate meaning
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
Synonyms of Alternate
Example sentences (20)
All the roads leading to the court were barricaded, thus forcing motorists and pedestrians to take alternate routes.
Alternate-traded funds (ETFs) have develop into fairly common since their introduction again within the mid-Nineties.
For instance, Miles Morales isn't the only Spider-Man to ever be a part of Marvel's alternate Ultimate Universe.
He missed a family dinner after waiting in the airport for several hours and arriving days later on alternate flights.
Crockett’s discography consists of just four singles and an alternate take, all released in the 1950s and ’60s.
Gordhan must also ensure that generators and other alternate energy supplies are secured to prevent power cuts.
He is quickly thrown into the Metaverse, an alternate dimension formed by the cognitions of an unhappy society.
Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
Dunfield was alternate captain when the Whitecaps were runner-up in 2011 and won the Voyageurs Cup with Toronto in 2012.
Her name was Efa and in the alternate Sparrow timeline, she is a victim of the psychic massacre committed by Harlan Cooper.
Always have an alternate plan if something goes wrong during class (e.g., someone gets stuck on a lesson).
An alternate future version of Kirk debuted in season 1's finale; however, this incarnation was Captain of the USS Farragut.
Cyclops' eye beams come from an alternate non-Einsteinian dimension and are essentially portals from which the energy comes.
George Lucas had an alternate ending to Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel in mind that would have created a plot hole in A New Hope.
However, proved it was capable of modernizing the alternate history shooter and doing something that made it all feel fresh.
An alternate universe Steve Rogers wouldn’t quite land as true as the original, even if the fan reaction would likely be huge.
A young thief uses her wits to survive in a futuristic, alternate-history Beijing in this Les Misérables-inspired YA cyberpunk.
Borrowing the money would need to be approved by residents through an Alternate Approval Process (AAP).
Detours: Consider using eastbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) to southbound SR 51 as an alternate freeway route to downtown Phoenix.
For example, if you aren’t so keen on cloud storage the alternate options allow for 512GB or even 1TB.
Common combinations with alternate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an alternate 54×
- the alternate 25×
- alternate history 13×
- of alternate 11×
- alternate universe 11×
- and alternate 9×
- alternate between 7×
- this alternate 6×
- alternate routes 6×
- alternate versions 5×
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