alternative

Plural

alternatives

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

   • There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs.
   • Who is right, Augusto or Unamuno? In general critics have seen this confrontation as offering an alternative choice: either we are free or we are predetermined.
   • Reason would seem to dictate that it was an alternative offer, either to receive $15,000 if the grantor perform the condition or $12,000 if he did not perform the condition.

2. 2.Other; different from something else.

   • Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness.

3. 3.Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.

   • I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay.
   • “The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed, “Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?”

2. 2.One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

3. 3.The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

4. 4.alternative rock

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

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Rare

Literature

Rare