alternative

[Al*ter·na*tive]

When you're facing a fork in the road, you have two possibilities, or alternatives. You could take the left fork and see where it leads, or you could choose the path that goes to the right.

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Offering a choice of two things.

Noun
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"

Adjective S.
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either'' and `or'' in `either this or that''"

Adjective S.
pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"

Adjective S.
allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"


a.
Offering a choice of two things.

a.
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

a.
Alternate; reciprocal.

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

n.
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.


Alternative

Al*ter"na*tive , a. [Cf. F. alternatif.] 1. Offering a choice of two things. 2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. 3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] Holland.

Alternative

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.
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.
3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
With no alternative but death.
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 th alternatives.

Offering a choice of two things.

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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Usage Examples

I think women should start to embrace their age. What's the alternative to getting older? You die. I can't change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy.

Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness.

I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will continue working to make sure the next generation of advanced technologies and alternative fuel vehicles are made right here in America.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been.

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.

If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse - and why his own alternative path forward is superior - then we trust the American people to make the right choice in November.

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