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“alternates”
1. An individual who takes the place of another person; a backup: Hank attended the political convention not as a full delegate but as an alternate.
2. Someone who temporarily fulfills certain jobs and functions: In school when a teacher is sick and cannot teach, there is always an alternate, or a substitute teacher to fill in that day.
3. An understudy for a role: Judy was the alternate in the drama in case the person playing the part got sick and couldn't perform.
2. Someone who temporarily fulfills certain jobs and functions: In school when a teacher is sick and cannot teach, there is always an alternate, or a substitute teacher to fill in that day.
3. An understudy for a role: Judy was the alternate in the drama in case the person playing the part got sick and couldn't perform.
alternate (AWL tur nayt) (verb), alternates; alternated; alternating
To occur by taking turns; to succeed each other, to take turns, to rotate, to interchange, to vary, to change: Mack and his sister alternate washing the supper dishes.
James alternated with Sam in taking the night shift on different nights.