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alternate
A	noun
	1	surrogate, alternate, replacement
			someone who takes the place of another person
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚peer; equal; match; compeer ╚stand-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup; backup man; fill-in ╚surrogate, alternate, replacement
B	verb
	1	alternate, take turns
			do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚alternate, take turns
	2	alternate, jump
			go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
		Category Tree: change; alter; vary ╚alternate, jump
	3	interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
			reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
		Category Tree: change ╚change by reversal; turn; reverse ╚interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
	4	understudy, alternate
			be an understudy or alternate for a role
		Category Tree: learn; larn; acquire ╚study; hit the books ╚memorize; memorise; con; learn ╚understudy, alternate
	5	alternate
			exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
		Category Tree: appoint; charge ╚delegate; designate; depute; assign ╚transfer; reassign ╚exchange ╚alternate ╚rotate
C	adjective
	1	alternate(a), alternating(a)
			occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"

	2	alternate(a)
			every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen

	3	alternate
			of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves"

	4	alternate, alternative
			allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

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