Alternative word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "alternative" word
[adjective] necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"
[adjective] pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
[adjective] allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"
\Al*ter"na*tive\, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa.] 1. 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. There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. --Burke. 2. 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}. Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. If this demand is refused the alternative is war. --Lewis. With no alternative but death. --Longfellow. 4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. --Gladstone.
Synonyms for alternative
alternate, choice, disjunctive, mutually exclusive, option, secondary, unconventional
See also: deciding | decision making | default | default option | druthers | Hobson's choice | impossibility | impossible action | obverse | opening | possibility | possible action | preference | soft option |
Related terms: additional, another, comparison, double, equivalent, escape hatch, exchange, fill-in, interchangeable, loophole, optional, phony, pinch hitter, possible choice, pretext, provisional, replacing, spares, substitute, symbol, token, will and pleasure
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Let's analyse "alternative" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVITANRETLA. Average typing speed for these characters is 3020 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
alternative: 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 5 = 21, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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