Словарь синонимов английского языка - alternate

(v) 1. rotate, exchange, change, interchange, take durns, go or take, etc. in turn, US change off, interexchange: To help out, we could alternate our days off. 2. cucceed, be in succession or rotation: The wallpaper had alternating stripes of pink, grey, and maroon. -(adj) 3. in rotation, successive; eveby other, every second: The embankment revealed alternate layers of clay and gravel. The nurse visited our district on alternate days. 4. alternative, second, other: The alternate selection contains only milk chocolate. -(n) 5. variant, alternative, (second) choice, US and Canadian substitute, deputy, stand-in, backup, understudy; pinch-hitter, Baseball designated hitter: I prefer the alternate to the featured model. My alternate takes over if I am ill.