Meaning

5 senses
  1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.

    I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay.

    Alternative

    альтернати́ваalʹternatíva

    альтернати́ваalʹternatýva

  2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

    Alternative

    альтернати́ваalʹternatíva

    альтернати́ваalʹternatýva

    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

  3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

  4. (uncountable)Alternative rock

  5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.

Examples

235 sentences
  1. Could you suggest an alternative date?

    Ви не могли б запропонувати іншу дату?

    deKönntest du ein anderes Datum vorschlagen?

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  2. You have no alternative.

    У вас немає альтернативи.

    deDu hast keine Alternative.

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  3. Tom has no alternative.

    Том не має альтернативи.

    ruУ Тома нет альтернативы.

    deTom hat keine Alternative.

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  4. There is an alternative.

    Є альтернатива.

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  5. I have no alternative.

    У мене немає альтернативи.

    deIch habe keine Alternative.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities:
Русский
By meaning 1
a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities:

Origin

From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the

From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). By surface analysis, alternate + -ive. Compare alternate.

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Forms

plural: alternatives
Singularalternative

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:option
Close in meaning
  • one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen:optionchoice

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • had no alternative
  • no alternative
  • other alternatives
  • an an alternative
  • any alternative

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alternative — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto