Hyphenation of alternate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alternate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

al-ter-nate

Definitions of alternate:

1.	Someone who takes the place of another person
2.	Go back and forth Swing back and forth between two states or conditions
3.	Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
4.	Be an understudy or alternate for a role
5.	Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
6.	Do something in turns We take turns on the night shift
7.	Every second one of a series The cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays Jam every other day- the White Queen
8.	Serving or used in place of another An alternative plan
9.	Occurring by turns First one and then the other Alternating feelings of love and hate
10.	Of leaves and branches etc First on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis Not paired Stems with alternate leaves

Synonyms of alternate:

adj	cyclic, cyclical
adj	alternative, secondary
adj	alternating, cyclic, cyclical
adj	alternate
noun	surrogate, replacement, stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
verb	jump, change, alter, vary
verb	exchange
verb	understudy, memorize, memorise, con, learn
verb	interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop, change by reversal, turn, reverse
verb	take turns, act, move

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.