🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

대체의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: daeche-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Alternate/ˈɔːl.tɜːrnət/
adjectivenounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 대체 솔루션이 필요합니다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Occurring or succeeding by turns; every other.

    "The team played alternate games at home and away."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that can take the place of another.

    "She was chosen as an alternate for the competition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'alternate' originates from the Latin 'alternatus', the past participle of 'alternare', meaning 'to do by turns'. It entered Middle English in the late 14th century, evolving to describe things that occur in turn or are interchangeable.

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