Question

What does alternate mean

Answer 1

Alternate is a verb that means to occur in turn repeatedly. Here are two example sentences:
• "bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation".
• "she was asked to attend on alternate days"
Words similar to alternate:
• follow on another
• take turns
• rotate
• work/act in sequence
• be interspersed
• be staggered

I hope that helped! :)

Answer 2

Back up item/plan

an alternate would be; if you forget/lose/can't have something, you can replace it with something else. Ex; Bobby (I don't know any Bobby's so I'm going to use this name) forgot to bring his football, so we kicked a turkey around.