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skiptast

  • 1 alternate

    1. ['o:ltəneit] verb
    (to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other: John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them.) skiptast á, hafa til skiptis
    2. [o:l'tə:nət] adjective
    1) (coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other: The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold.) sem skiptist á
    2) (every second (day, week etc): My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.) annar hver
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    - alternation

    English-Icelandic dictionary > alternate

  • 2 branch

    1. noun
    1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) trjágrein
    2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) grein; deild; útibú
    2. verb
    ((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) greinast, skiptast

    English-Icelandic dictionary > branch

  • 3 divide

    1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) skiptast; skipta í hópa
    2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) skipta með sér
    3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) deila
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    - divisible
    - division
    - divisional

    English-Icelandic dictionary > divide

  • 4 exchange

    [iks' ein‹] 1. verb
    1) (to give, or give up, in return for something else: Can you exchange a dollar note for two 50-cent pieces?) skipta á
    2) (to give and receive in return: They exchanged amused glances.) skiptast á
    2. noun
    1) (the giving and taking of one thing for another: He gave me a pencil in exchange for the marble; An exchange of opinions is helpful.) skipti
    2) (a conversation or dispute: An angry exchange took place between the two brothers when their father's will was read.) orðaskipti, rifrildi
    3) (the act of exchanging the money of one country for that of another.) gjaldeyrisviðskipti
    4) (the difference between the value of money in different countries: What is the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the yen?) gengi
    5) (a place where business shares are bought and sold or international financial dealings carried on.) kauphöll, verðbréfamarkaður
    6) ((also telephone exchange) a central telephone system where lines are connected.) símstöð
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > exchange

  • 5 take turns

    ((of two or more people) to do something one after the other, not at the same time: They took turns to look after the baby.) skiptast á

    English-Icelandic dictionary > take turns

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