Alternative
Word | ALTERNATIVE |
Character | 11 |
Hyphenation | al ter na tive |
Pronunciations | /ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Alternative"
What do we mean by alternative?
One of a number of possible choices or courses of action. noun
A choice or course of action that is mutually exclusive with another: synonym: choice. noun
A situation presenting a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities. noun
Being one of a number of possible choices or courses of action. adjective
Being one of two mutually exclusive choices or courses of action. adjective
Substitute or other. adjective
Existing outside traditional or established institutions or systems. adjective
Espousing or reflecting values that are different from those of the establishment or mainstream. adjective
Of two things, such that only one can be selected or only one is possible, etc.; mutually exclusive.
Affording a choice between two things, or a possibility of one thing out of two; given or offered for selection, as against something else: as, an alternative proposition; he presented an alternative statement.
Alternate; reciprocal. Holland.
In botany, having the parts of the inner whorl alternate with the outer: applied to the estivation or arrangement of the parts of the perianth in the bud.
A choice between two things; a possibility of one of two things. noun
One of two things of which either is possible or may be chosen. noun
In the Roman Catholic Church, an arrangement by which the pope nominates to vacant benefices only in alternate months, at other times leaving the nomination to the bishop of the diocese or to the regular patron. The month counted is that in which the benefice becomes vacant. noun
An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. noun
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. 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.
Alternative rock
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