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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
alternate
someone who takes the place of another person
• Syn:
surrogate, replacement
• Derivationally related forms:
replace (for: replacement)
• Hypernyms:
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup,
backup man, fill-in
1. go back and forth;
swing back and forth between two states or conditions (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
jump
• Derivationally related forms:
alternation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, vary
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
• Hypernyms:
exchange
• Hyponyms:
rotate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. be an understudy or alternate for a role
• Syn:
understudy
• Derivationally related forms:
understudy (for: understudy)
• Hypernyms:
memorize, memorise, con, learn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• Syn:
interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop
• Derivationally related forms:
flip-flop (for: flip-flop), switch (for: switch), tack (for: tack)
• Hypernyms:
change by reversal, turn, reverse
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
5. do something in turns
- We take turns on the night shift
• Syn:
take turns
• Derivationally related forms:
alternation
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
spell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
1. every second one of a series (Freq. 3)
- the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays
- "jam every other day"- the White Queen
• Similar to:
cyclic, cyclical
2. serving or used in place of another (Freq. 2)
- an alternative plan
• Syn:
alternative, substitute
• Similar to:
secondary
• Derivationally related forms:
substitute (for: substitute)
3. occurring by turns;
first one and then the other (Freq. 1)
- alternating feelings of love and hate
• Syn:
alternating
• Similar to:
cyclic, cyclical
4. of leaves and branches etc;
first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis;
not paired
- stems with alternate leaves
• Ant:
opposite
• Topics:
botany, phytology
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