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We found 12 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word alternates: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "alternates" is defined. General (8 matching dictionaries) alternates: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] alternates: Vocabulary.com [home, info] Alternates, alternate's, alternates: Wordnik [home, info] alternates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info] alternates: Wiktionary [home, info] alternates: Dictionary.com [home, info] alternates: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] alternates: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Business (1 matching dictionary) alternates: Legal dictionary [home, info] Computing (1 matching dictionary) alternates: Encyclopedia [home, info] Medicine (1 matching dictionary) alternates: Medical dictionary [home, info] Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary) alternates: Idioms [home, info] (Note: See alternate for more definitions.)

Quick definitions from WordNet (alternate) ▸ noun:  someone who takes the place of another person ▸ verb:  exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions ▸ verb:  do something in turns ▸ verb:  go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions ▸ verb:  be an understudy or alternate for a role ▸ verb:  reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) ▸ adjective:  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") ▸ adjective:  allowing a choice ▸ Also see alternate