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nonalternate

nonalternate adjective: not alternate.

Adjective

nonalternate (not comparable)

  1. Not alternate.
    • Under the nonalternate cooperative plan only one pupil is assigned to each position and there is therefore no alternating of groups of pupils between school and store.1939, Kenneth Brooks Haas, Cooperative Part-time Retail Training Programs, page 46
    • All small plans were assumed to be of the nonalternate formula type.1980, Private Pension Policy Simulations: Final Report, page 78

Origin of nonalternate

From non- + alternate.

Questions about nonalternate

What does nonalternate mean?
Nonalternate means not alternate.
What part of speech is nonalternate?
Nonalternate is an adjective.

Words near nonalternate in the dictionary

  1. nonalphanumerical
  2. nonalphanumerics
  3. nonalpine
  4. nonalterable
  5. nonaltered
  6. nonalternate
  7. nonalternating
  8. nonalternation
  9. nonalternative
  10. nonaltitudinal
  11. nonaltruism

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