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vuorotella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alternate adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
  • rotate verb To turn around a central point or axis.

Senses

vuorotella is used for these senses in English:

  • alternate (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
  • rotate (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
  • switch off (intransitive, idiomatic) To alternate between; to trade.
  • take turns (intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.

alternate — full definition

  1. adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
  2. noun A person or thing standing in as a substitute for another.
  3. verb To switch back and forth between two things in a regular pattern.

rotate — full definition

  1. verb To turn around a central point or axis.
  2. verb To take turns in a role, or move through a sequence in order.
  3. verb To grow different crops on the same land in successive seasons.

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