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Alternating | Alternates | Alternated | Alternatingly

Alternating meaning

present participle and gerund of alternate

Synonyms of Alternating

direct alternate cyclic cyclical

Related words

Other words often associated with Alternating or its synonyms:

circular straightforward backup heterocyclic straight lead substitute cycle diurnal point nonstop surrogate

Using Alternating

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of alternate
  • Useful related words include: direct, alternate, cyclic, cyclical.
  • In the example corpus, alternating often appears in combinations such as: alternating between, alternating lane, alternating current.

Context around Alternating

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

expect 2× making 1× citation 1× lane 1× mobile 1× teenagers 1× dots 1× tree 1×

Often after:

current 8× lane 3× technique 1× sundays 1× closures 1× strikes 1× traffic 1× sugars 1× positions 1× walking 1×

Sentence patterns with Alternating

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

expect alternating lane closures 2× advantages of alternating current over 1× alternating closures mean 1× alternating current sensing 1× apple tree alternating between helping 1× chain of alternating sugars like 1× classic the alternating technique is 1× current citation alternating current main 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

expect alternating lane 2× a term formerly 1× all concerts are 1× alternating closures mean 1× alternating current sensing 1× bey and ace 1×

Common sentence endings:

a desert horizon 1× affect your performances 1× alternating current measurements 1× alternating current today 1× and manipulating them 1× are more common 1×

Words around Alternating

Just before it in the word index:

alternates 110 alternately 181 alternated 98 alternate 1.492 alternants 2 alterman 5

Just after it in the word index:

alternatingly 4 alternation 49 alternations 17 alternative 6.883 alternatively 819 alternatives 1.352

Similar in corpus frequency:

benue 493 blueprint 493 builder 493 capitalize 493 conquered 493 debbie 493

Corpus analysis for Alternating

  • In this selection, "alternating" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, expect, making, citation, current, lane and technique stand out and add context to how "alternating" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include expect alternating lane closures, advantages of alternating current over and alternating current. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "alternating" sits close to words such as benue, blueprint and builder, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with alternating

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Bey and Ace hit both opponents with alternating strikes. (9 words)

Energy expenditure of deskwork when sitting, standing or alternating positions. (10 words)

How does alternating between Western animation and anime roles affect your performances? (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Her mesmerising painting depicts sand hills and edible tuber roots, worked in wavey horizontal lines of dots alternating in sections of white and yellow ochre to create vertical bands that seem to levitate like a noon haze on a desert horizon. (41 words)

For alternating current it was convert, though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this. citation 4.98 MB In any alternating current transmission line, the inductance and capacitance of the conductors can be significant. (38 words)

Alternating current sensing Since the basic indicator system in either an analog or digital meter responds to DC only, a multimeter includes an AC to DC conversion circuit for making alternating current measurements. (33 words)

Question examples

How does alternating between Western animation and anime roles affect your performances? (12 words)

Example sentences (20)

Alternating current sensing Since the basic indicator system in either an analog or digital meter responds to DC only, a multimeter includes an AC to DC conversion circuit for making alternating current measurements.

A term formerly used for direct current was galvanic current. citation Alternating current main In alternating current (AC, also ac), the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction.

Because of the significant advantages of alternating current over direct current in transforming and transmission, electric power distribution is nearly all alternating current today.

Both poles can be used simultaneously ("double-poling"), or alternating, in classic the alternating technique is most common (the "diagonal stride") while in the skating technique double poles are more common.

For alternating current it was convert, though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this. citation 4.98 MB In any alternating current transmission line, the inductance and capacitance of the conductors can be significant.

All concerts are held on alternating Sundays at 3:00 p.m. near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Alternating closures mean that while Kelso St. is closed, Concession St. will remain open and vice versa to lessen any impact on people living nearby.

Bey and Ace hit both opponents with alternating strikes.

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By 2:43 p.m., the bridge was open to single-lane, alternating traffic.

Chondroitin sulfate is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) composed of a chain of alternating sugars like N-acetylgalactosamine and glucuronic acid, which occurs naturally in the body & is generally found in cartilage around joints.

Energy expenditure of deskwork when sitting, standing or alternating positions.

Expect alternating lane closures between mile mark 117 and mile marker 119, daily, 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Expect alternating lane closures between Route 705 (Burrland Lane) and Route 804 (Stuart Street) in the northbound and southbound lanes, daily, starting Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Expect mobile, alternating lane closures between mile marker 100 and mile marker 118 in the eastbound and westbound lanes, Sunday at 8 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.

Faith Cochrane, 16, is one of three teenagers alternating in the role of the young starlet, Doris Winter.

Her mesmerising painting depicts sand hills and edible tuber roots, worked in wavey horizontal lines of dots alternating in sections of white and yellow ochre to create vertical bands that seem to levitate like a noon haze on a desert horizon.

Hesperides are nymphs of evenings and sunsets and children of Atlas known for protecting a garden with a golden apple tree, alternating between helping people who stumble upon this garden and manipulating them.

How does alternating between Western animation and anime roles affect your performances?

If running three or six miles is too much, you can always complete those races by alternating walking and running.

Most standard heavy-lift zero pressure balloons can vary in altitudes as much as 45,000 feet (13.7 km) due to the alternating warming and cooling of the day-night cycle.

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Common combinations with alternating

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "alternating" in a sentence?
An example: "Alternating current sensing Since the basic indicator system in either an analog or digital meter responds to DC only, a multimeter includes an AC to DC conversion circuit for making alternating current measurements." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "alternating" from authentic English texts.
What does "alternating" mean?
Alternating means: present participle and gerund of alternate
What are synonyms of "alternating"?
Common synonyms of "alternating" include: direct, alternate, cyclic, cyclical.
How many example sentences with "alternating" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "alternating", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.