alternating
adjective
uk/ˈɒl.tə.neɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first thing again:
alternatingmoodsofangerandsadness
Thepoetused an alternating ABABrhymescheme.
happeningevery secondday,week, etc.:
My ex and Isharecustodyofoursonon alternatingweeks.
Thefestivaltakesplacein alternatingyears.
- Nevada has an alternating basin-and-rangegeography.
- She'splantedalternatingrowsoflettuceandkale.
- "An alternatingcycleofrainandsun"bestdescribestheweatherhere.
- Thetest, given inschoolsin alternatingyears, is one of threekeymeasuresofprogress.
- The Bank ofEnglandwaswidelyexpectedtosticktoitspatternofcuttingratesin alternatingmonths.
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- commute
- drip
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- new
- pivot
- rewrite
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway
- switch up
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