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Sense: Verb: take turns
Synonyms:
take turns, rotate, substitute Collocations, follow in turn, follow successively, change over, follow one another, do by turns, act alternately, relieve Collocations, fill in for, exchange Collocations, reciprocate, interchange
Sense: Verb: fluctuate
Synonyms:
fluctuate, vary Collocations, vacillate, oscillate, waver, seesaw, totter, toggle Collocations, stagger Collocations, shuttle Collocations, shift Collocations, sway Collocations, rise and fall, blow hot and cold, come and go, ebb and flow, go back and forth, go to and fro, teeter, shuffle Collocations, undulate
Sense: Adjective: recurrent
Synonyms:
intermittent, recurrent, alternating, rotating, every other, every second, repeating, repeated, fluctuating, oscillating, periodical, cyclical, coming and going, to and fro, on and off, ebbing and flowing, taking turns, wavelike, waxing and waning
Sense: Adjective: alternative
Synonyms:
alternative Collocations, substitute Collocations, replacement Collocations, back-up, other Collocations, makeshift, temporary Collocations, provisional Collocations, surrogate Collocations, second Collocations, spare Collocations
Sense: Noun: substitute or deputy
Synonyms:
substitute Collocations, replacement Collocations, deputy Collocations, understudy, equivalent Collocations, backup Collocations, double Collocations, surrogate Collocations, choice Collocations