Verb

• S: (v) alternate, jump (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)
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• S: (v) alternate (exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions)
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• S: (v) rotate (exchange on a regular basis) "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
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• S: (v) exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent) "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
• S: (v) transfer, reassign (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)
• S: (v) delegate, designate, depute, assign (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
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• S: (v) appoint, charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to) "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
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• S: (v) understudy, alternate (be an understudy or alternate for a role)
• S: (v) interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action))
• S: (v) alternate, take turns (do something in turns) "We take turns on the night shift"

Adjective

• S: (adj) alternating ((of a current) reversing direction) "alternating current"
• S: (adj) alternate, alternating (occurring by turns; first one and then the other) "alternating feelings of love and hate"