how to pronounce alternate

/ˈɔːltɚnət/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of alternate is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

alternate is pronounced in three syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of alternate

1.

ɔː

2.

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of alternate

test your pronunciation of alternate

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of alternate

video examples of alternate pronunciation

An example use of alternate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… slow in a world where alternate facts …”

meanings of alternate

noun:

A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

adjective:

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
Other; alternative.
Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

verb:

To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
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.
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
To vary by turns.

alternate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word alternate occurs in english on average 10.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics alternate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that alternate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;