alternative — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alternate adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
- alternative adj Offering a different choice from what is usual or expected.
Senses
alternative is used for these senses in English:
- alternate (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- alternative Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
alternate — full definition
- adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
- noun A person or thing standing in as a substitute for another.
- verb To switch back and forth between two things in a regular pattern.
alternative — full definition
- adj Offering a different choice from what is usual or expected.
- noun One of two or more options available to choose between.
- noun A style of rock music that developed outside the mainstream.