alternate
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈɔːltərnɪt/
- The researchers developed an alternate method to conduct the experiment.
- alternate form
- alternate route
- alternate approach
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Watch on YouTubeWe need to have an alternate system for propulsion.
- We need to have an alternate system for propulsion.
- And I had like some alternate titles for movies.
- That's why you store fat into these alternate fuel source called ketones.
- And second of all, how difficult are alternate propulsion systems?
- It means let's find an alternate option.
- Lionel Schreiber's new book, too, is about that, about alternate endings in life.
- It's been used in multiple elections so that you have that alternate slate on standby.
- Of course the type C and the type B can be your alternate computers.
Examples
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So what if we have an alternate version?
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We need to have an alternate system for propulsion.
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And so we have, we now think that this alternate version of reality is reality.
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I like to have at least one alternate theory.
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We offer you a choice of alternate identities during your trip.
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Our use of ecological measures might suggest an alternate explanation for our results.
Academic text (2011) -
Other countries have made considerable strides regarding alternate models of music education.
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Alternate weekends, alternate vacations, one month in the summer.
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In fact, the states are proving to be laboratories in developing alternate strategies to amend their constitutions.
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She has alternate transportation.
Synonyms
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4.2
Different from the usual choice and offered instead
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4.9
Used instead of the real thing
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4.4
People use it as a reserve when the main option fails
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9.1
Doing a job, duty, or punishment instead of someone else
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Acting as a replacement for something else
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Morphology
alternate = altern + ate
The sense 'serving in place of another' is a straightforward extension of the notion 'take turns/one after another' and is therefore derivable from the same base formation.
Etymology
Alternate comes from the Latin root alter, meaning 'other', and carries the idea of an 'other' choice. So an alternate place or person is one used 'in place of' another when needed.