English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of alternate

alternate

/adjective/ वैकल्पिक; एकान्तर; एकान्तरिक; बारी-बारी से; प्रत्यावर्ती; क्रम से होनेवाला; एवज़ी;
/verb/आगे-पीछे करना;

Synonym optional; alternately; reversionary; vacillate;

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English Dictionary:

1. Alternate

[a.]

- Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
- 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; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
- Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

2. Alternate

[n.]

- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

3. Alternate

[v. i.]

- To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
- To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

4. Alternate

[v. t.]

- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.