I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alternating current
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
days
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Then start adding a little bit on the alternate days .
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To improve your tank water quality, do a series of water changes, on alternate days for a week or so.
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The service will initially run alternate days , increasing eventually to daily sailings in both directions.
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On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking.
layer
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Method: Place leeks and noodles in alternate layers in casserole dish.
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Pack claw and body meat in alternate layers in small fire-proof pots.
universe
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Unfortunately, there are other reasons to make us believe that there are alternate universes .
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In full command of this alternate universe are the Maestros and Mistresses of the mixing tables.
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This calls us back to the ideas of alternate universes which we were discussing earlier.
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In other words, in each moment of time countless trillions of alternate universes are sparked off.
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The idea of an alternate universe is hard to grasp.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an alternate juror
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an alternate method of payment
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He worked alternate night and day shifts.
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He works alternate days.
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Italian cities have imposed alternate -day driving rules in an effort to reduce pollution.
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She visits her parents on alternate Sundays.
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The walls were painted with alternate stripes of yellow and green.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, an alternate needle pattern produces beautiful mash lace very easily.
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Also, unions are free to waive daily overtime requirements and negotiate alternate schedules, such as those providing four 10-hour days.
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In two cases where father and son were both working shifts they had arranged alternate shifts thus allowing uninterrupted farm work.
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It solaced him to know that he had an alternate plan if things went awry.
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Lethal injection is a means of execution in 32 states, some of which use alternate methods as well.
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Rules incorporate more traditional expertise in handling situations like bumping and alternate carrier vouchers.
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Stretch up alternate hands - even higher than yesterday!
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This pattern of alternate feeding and resting is characteristic of all grazing animals.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He has periods of depression, which alternate with frenzied activity.
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His mother would alternate inexplicably between kindness and cruelty.
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Leroy alternated aerobic exercises with weight training to improve his stamina.
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The class has two teachers who alternate on a weekly basis.
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The guide explained the situation, alternating between Spanish and German.
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You'll have to alternate . One of you can use the room in the mornings, and the other in the evenings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All day Saturday, tensions ran high as the president alternated intense cabinet meetings with bouts of seclusion.
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Herwig and saxist Henderson played as a harmonizing duo, then split to alternate solos.
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I alternate the direction of these strokes, imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place.
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Over the past weeks, Milosevic has alternated between repression and reconciliation, and this week was no exception.
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We could simply alternate between the two algorithms and catch the suspect either way.
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When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern.