alternativ — meaning in English

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.
• option noun One of the choices available to someone in a given situation.

Senses

alternativ 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.
• option One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]

alternate — full definition

1. adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
2. noun A person or thing standing in as a substitute for another.
3. verb To switch back and forth between two things in a regular pattern.

alternative — full definition

1. adj Offering a different choice from what is usual or expected.
2. noun One of two or more options available to choose between.
3. noun A style of rock music that developed outside the mainstream.

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