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"
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pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
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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"
By Princeton University
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allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
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pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Offering a choice of two things.
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Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
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Alternate; reciprocal.
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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.
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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.
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A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
By Oddity Software
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Offering a choice of two things.
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Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
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Alternate; reciprocal.
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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.
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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.
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A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Offering a choice of two things.
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Of two things, an offer to take the one and leave the other; often used, of more than two.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Giving the choice of two things.
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Something that must be done, taken, etc., instead of something else: a choice between two things.
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Alternatively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Affording a choice between two things.
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Something instead of something else; a choice of two (or more) things.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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