How to Pronounce "alternately"
word
ˈɔɫtɝnətɫi
AWL-ter-nuht-lee
ɔːltˈɜːnətlˌi
awl-TUR-nuht-lee
Definition
In a way that switches back and forth between two or more things, happening one after the other.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɔɫtɝnətɫi
British English
ɔːltˈɜːnətlˌi
Simplified Pronunciation
US
AWL-ter-nuht-lee
UK
awl-TUR-nuht-lee
Listen in Context
The lights flashed alternately red and green.
Children sat alternately at the table: boy, girl, boy, girl.
The fan turns alternately clockwise and counterclockwise.
She alternately laughed and cried during the movie.