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ALTERNATIVE

\ɔːltˈɜːnətˌɪv], \ɔːltˈɜːnətˌɪv], \ɔː_l_t_ˈɜː_n_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of ALTERNATIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
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"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Offering a choice of two things.
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Alternate; reciprocal.
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.
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.
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Offering a choice of two things.
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Alternate; reciprocal.
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.
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.
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Offering a choice of two things.
Of two things, an offer to take the one and leave the other; often used, of more than two.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Giving the choice of two things.
Something that must be done, taken, etc., instead of something else: a choice between two things.
Alternatively.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Affording a choice.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Affording a choice between two things.
Something instead of something else; a choice of two (or more) things.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Offering a choice of two.
Choice of two.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. That which may be chosen or not; a choice of two things.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The choice given of two things, so that if one be rejected, the other must be taken.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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