different between alternate vs staggered
alternate
English
Etymology
From Latin altern? (“take turns”), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -rnus. See altern, alter.
Pronunciation
- Adjective, noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l.?t??(?).n?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??l.t?.n?t/, /??l.t?.n?t/
- Verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l.t?(?).?ne?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??l.t?.ne?t/, /??l.t?.ne?t/
Adjective
alternate (not comparable)
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
- (mathematics) 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.
- (US) Other; alternative.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
Usage notes
- In British English this adjective means, according to OED and other sources, one after the other or similar. It does not mean the same as alternative, which OED specifically marks as an American meaning of alternate. In international English it is thus thought better to observe the British distinction: then the meanings of alternative and alternate will be clear to everyone.
Derived terms
Related terms
- alternation
- alternative
Translations
Noun
alternate (plural alternates)
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- Grateful alternates of substantial peace.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
Translations
Verb
alternate (third-person singular simple present alternates, present participle alternating, simple past and past participle alternated)
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
- (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.
Translations
See also
- variant
Further reading
- alternate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [2]
- alternate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- alternate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “alternate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Italian
Verb
alternate
- second-person plural present indicative of alternare
- second-person plural imperative of alternare
- feminine plural of alternato
Adjective
alternate f
- feminine plural of alternato
Anagrams
- alterante
Latin
Verb
altern?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of altern?
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staggered
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æ??(?)d
Verb
staggered
- simple past tense and past participle of stagger
- The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.
Adjective
staggered (comparative more staggered, superlative most staggered)
- Astonished, taken aback.
- Arranged in a way that is not uniform.
- The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.
Translations
Anagrams
- raggedest
staggered From the web:
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