Overview of verb alternate

The verb alternate has 5 senses

• alternate, jump -- (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)


• alternate -- (exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions)


• understudy, alternate -- (be an understudy or alternate for a role)


• interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop -- (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))


• alternate, take turns -- (do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift")

Overview of adj alternating

The adj alternating has 2 senses

• alternating -- ((of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current")


• alternate, alternating -- (occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate")