alternate

I 1. [ɔːl'tɜːnət]

aggettivo

1) (successive) [colours, layers] alternato

2) (every other)

on alternate days — a giorni alterni

3) AE (other) alternativo

4) bot. mat. alterno

2.

nome AE (stand-in) sostituto m. (-a)

II 1. ['ɔːltəneɪt]

verbo transitivo

to alternate sth. and, with sth. — alternare qcs. e, a qcs

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (swap) [people, colours, patterns, seasons] alternarsi (with con, a)

2)

to alternate between hope and despair — oscillare tra speranza e disperazione

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1. ['o:ltəneit] verb

(to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other: John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them.) alternare

2. [o:l'tə:nət] adjective

1) (coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other: The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold.) alternato

2) (every second (day, week etc): My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.) alterno

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- alternately

- alternation

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alternate /ɔ:lˈtɜ:nət/

A a.

1 alterno; alternato: on alternate days, a giorni alterni

2 (bot., geom.) alterno: alternate angles, angoli alterni

B n.

(USA) sostituto, sostituta

● (fin.) alternate manager, direttore (o amministratore) supplente □ (comput.) alternate text, testo alternativo (nelle pagine web, testo visualizzato in sostituzione a un'immagine) □ (comput.) alternate track, traccia alternativa

alternately

avv.

alternamente; alternativamente.

(to) alternate /ˈɔ:ltəneɪt/

v. t. e i.

alternare, alternarsi; avvicendare, avvicendarsi

● (elettr.) alternating current, corrente alternata.

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I 1. [ɔːl'tɜːnət]

aggettivo

1) (successive) [colours, layers] alternato

2) (every other)

on alternate days — a giorni alterni

3) AE (other) alternativo

4) bot. mat. alterno

2.

nome AE (stand-in) sostituto m. (-a)

II 1. ['ɔːltəneɪt]

verbo transitivo

to alternate sth. and, with sth. — alternare qcs. e, a qcs

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (swap) [people, colours, patterns, seasons] alternarsi (with con, a)

2)

to alternate between hope and despair — oscillare tra speranza e disperazione