B2adjective · common

alternate

альтернативний

альтернативный

Wechsel-, andere, jeweils andere, abwechselnd

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one…Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

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UK/ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/US/ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/

» May I suggest an alternate plan?

Darf ich einen alternativen Plan vorschlagen?

Meaning

5 senses

(not comparable)Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
alternierend, wechselnd, abwechselnd
occurring by turns; first one and then the other
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
(not comparable)Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
(not comparable)Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
jeweils anderer, jeweils andere, jeweils anderes
every second one of a series
(US, not comparable)Other; alternative.
Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality.
alternativ, abgeändert, andersartig
(not comparable)Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry).
wechselständig

Examples

55 sentences

May I suggest an alternate plan?
deDarf ich einen alternativen Plan vorschlagen? — Waldelfe
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Tom must've had an alternate plan.
ruДолжно быть, у Тома имелся запасной план. — RU
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Tom has come up with an alternate plan.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He proposed an alternate plan.
ruОн предложил альтернативный план. — afyodor
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Tom proposed an alternate plan.
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Translations

7 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 4

being or succeeding by turns:

mathematics: designating the members in a series:

other; alternative:

botany: distributed, as leaves:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take

Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter.

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