alternative
IPA: ɔɫtˈɝnʌtɪv
noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- (uncountable, music) alternative rock
- A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
adjective
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
- Other; different from something else.
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- (obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
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Examples of "alternative" in Sentences
- But the alternatives are verbose.
- Keep the alternatives in the infobox.
- The alternative is fractional degrees.
- The alternative is to tag the problem.
- The alternative method was analytical.
- The alternative is to restore the original.
- Alternatively is it the name of the contributor
- The alternative is not the edit of the original.
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