alternationnoun [ S or U ]
uk/ˌɒl.təˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːl.tɚˈneɪ.ʃən/a situation in which one thing repeatedly happens or exists after another:
Flowers and trees are planted to produce an attractive alternation of light and shade in the garden.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- bastardize
- change management
- convert
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- polymorphous
- reverse
- swing
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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