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What is the verb for alternative?

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alternate
  1. (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
  2. (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
  3. (intransitive) To vary by turns.
  4. (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.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. change, waver, fluctuate, oscillate, shift, swing, vary, vacillate, switch, exchange, swap, alter, sway, interchange, substitute, seesaw, rotate, stagger, intersperse, see-saw, yo-yo, take turns, act in sequence, shilly-shally, work in sequence, blow hot and cold, take it in turns, be interspersed, be staggered, follow with, occur in rotation, occur in turn, take in turn, act reciprocally, move between, take in rotation, come and go, fill in for, follow one another, give turns to, chop and change, follow in turn, replace, go up and down, veer, mutate, teeter, ebb and flow, go from one extreme to the other, wobble … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “You can alternate between the various methods of practice given in this book, but be sure to continue to practice scales every day.”
alternating
  1. present participle of alternate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changing, wavering, fluctuating, oscillating, shifting, swinging, varying, vacillating, switching, exchanging, swapping, altering, swaying, interchanging, substituting, seesawing, rotating, staggering, interspersing, see-sawing, yo-yoing, taking turns, acting in sequence, shilly-shallying, working in sequence, blowing hot and cold, taking it in turns, occurring in rotation, occurring in turn, taking in turn, acting reciprocally, moving between, taking in rotation, coming and going, filling in for, following one another, giving turns to, chopping and changing, following in turn, veering, replacing, teetering, going up and down, wobbling, mutating, ebbing and flowing, going from one extreme to the other, converting, moving, supplanting … more
alternates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alternate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changes, alters, modifies, adjusts, amends, edits, molds, redesigns, revamps, revises, reworks, adapts, modulates, refashions, tempers, tweaks, makes over, moderates, morphs, reconstructs, redoes, regenerates, remakes, remodels, remoulds, renovates, reorganizes, restyles, retools, diversifies, fashions, freshens up, improves, moulds, readjusts, rearranges, reconfigures, rejigs, remolds, reorganises, replaces, reshapes, revolutionises, revolutionizes, tampers with, translates, warps, affects, commutes, makes innovations … more
alternated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of alternate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changed, altered, modified, adjusted, amended, edited, molded, redesigned, revamped, revised, reworked, rewrought, adapted, modulated, refashioned, tempered, tweaked, made over, moderated, morphed, reconstructed, redid, regenerated, remade, remodeled, remodelled, remoulded, renovated, reorganized, restyled, retooled, diversified, fashioned, freshened up, improved, moulded, readjusted, rearranged, reconfigured, rejigged, remolded, reorganised, replaced, reshaped, revolutionised, revolutionized, tampered with, translated, warped, affected … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She breathed heavily and Ian alternated between blowing on her hot forehead and brushing heavy hair out of her face.”
      “Speakers and athletes alternated between Putonghua and Cantonese as they addressed the crowd.”
      “Carter alternated between roles as pill-flushing avenger and evangelically passionate lover.”
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