Meaning of alternative | Babel Free

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1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
2. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
3. The power or right of choosing:choice, option.
4. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
5. Presenting two or more alternatives
6. offering a choice of a second possibility. An alternative arrangement can be made if my plans don't suit you. alternatief بَدِيل алтернативен alternativo jiný alternativ alternativ εναλλακτικόςalternativo alterna- tiivne دیگر؛ ثانوی vaihtoehtoinen autreחלופי वैकल्पिक alternativni alternatív alternatif sem um er að velja, annar (kostur) alternativo 代りの 양자 택일의 alternatyvus alternatīvs; izvēles- pilihan lain alternatiefalternativalternatywny بل، منځنی alternativo alt альтернативный alternatívny ...
7. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
8. Other; different from something else
9. a choice between two (or sometimes more) things or possibilities. You leave me no alternative but to dismiss you; I don't like fish. Is there an alternative on the menu? alternatief, ander keuse خَيار بَيْن إثْنَين избор alternativa jiná možnost die Alternative alternativ; valg εναλλακτική λύσηalternativa valikuvõimalus چاره؛ گزینه vaihtoehto alternativeחלופה, בררה विकल्प alternativa választás(i lehetőség) alternatif valkostur alternativa 二者択一 양자 택일 alternatyva, kitas pasirinkimas alternatīva...
10. alternative rock
    uncountable
11. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground
12. alternatiewelik بِصُورَة بَدِيلَه алтернативно de outro modo jinak, nebo anderenfalls alternativt εναλλακτικάo bien, alternativamente teisel juhul متناوباً vaihtoehtoisesti sinon, ou bienלחלופין विकल्पत: alternativno vagylagosan bergantian annars, að öðrum kosti alternativamente 選択的に 양자 택일로 arba alternatīvi dengan plihan lain andersalternativtw przeciwnym wypadku په متناوب ډول doutro modo dacă nu, în loc альтернативно alebo drugače, sicer pa alternativno alternativt โดยมีทางเลือก yoksa, aksi ...
13. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
14. Alternate, reciprocal
15. alternativa, opción.
16. One of a number of possible choices or courses of action: There are plenty of alternatives to conventional advertising.
17. A situation presenting a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities: people facing the alternative of selling their homes or going bankrupt.
18. Being one of a number of possible choices or courses of action: The highway is closed. Seek alternative routes.
19. Existing outside traditional or established institutions or systems: an alternative lifestyle; alternative energy.
20. a possibility of choice, esp between two things, courses of action, etc

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Examples

““The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed—“Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?””

“Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.”

“Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.”

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