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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

alternate

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Source Word

alternate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nət/

Verb

transitive intransitive

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

Japanese Meaning

順番に、または交互に行う / 順次、代わって実行する / 規則的に入れ替える

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The director alternated the lead actors in successive performances to keep the show fresh.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ショーを新鮮に保つため、監督は連続する公演で主演俳優を交代で起用した。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.

The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(intransitive) To vary by turns.

The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（4）

(transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

This case suggests that the alternation of a polyhedron should be bounded by actual vertex figures and alternated faces. The case of the cube is in agreement with this notion, since the alternated square is nothing.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

alternates

（ present singular third-person ）

alternating

（ participle present ）

alternated

（ participle past ）

alternated

（ past ）

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