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How to pronounce alternative
IPA transcription: [ɔl'tɚnətɪv]
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Noun
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one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
“what option did I have?”
“there no other alternative”
“my only choice is to refuse”
Adjective
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serving or used in place of another
“an alternative plan”
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necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
“alternative possibilities were neutrality or war”
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pertaining to unconventional choices
“an alternative life style”
Usage examples
- If you don't know any alternative search engines, just google them.
- This no good alternative.
- In the same year, Slice began using an alternative blue logo for certain programs.
- A number of alternative rankings exist, such as the Leiter Reports Law School Rankings.
- If turned down by Douglas, Haney would offer a variety of equally useless alternatives.
- Alternative hit "Fat Lip", which incorporated verses of what one critic called "brat rap.
- Bioasphalt is an asphalt alternative made from non-petroleum based renewable resources.
- The council is now seeking alternative sites.
- During the same period, other researchers developed alternative, more radical theories.
- These hitches are a simple and cheap alternative to mechanical ascenders.