Number of syllables in the word 'alternate'

1. No of syllables in alternate : 3
2. Divide syllables in alternate : al-ter-nate

More about the word - alternate

1. noun
2. Definition : That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
3. Definition : A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
4. Definition : A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
5. Definition : A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

1. verb
2. Definition : To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
3. Definition : To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
4. Definition : To vary by turns.
5. Definition : To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

1. adjective
2. Definition : Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
3. Definition : Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
4. Definition : Other; alternative.
5. Definition : (of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

Sources:

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternate