Definition of Alternative

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Alternative

Offering a choice of two things.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

Alternate; reciprocal.

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.

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.

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

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

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Alternative Quotations

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Winston Churchill

I do like beer, but lately I've started drinking non-alcoholic beer and I like the taste of it and I don't get the alcohol, so that's a good alternative also.
Mike Ditka

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
George W. Bush

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.
Mary Kay Ash

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.
Payne Stewart

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.
Emma Goldman

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers.
Carter G. Woodson

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Golda Meir

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.
Robert Orben

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Alternative Translations

alternative in Afrikaans is keuse
alternative in Dutch is keus, alternatief, keuze
alternative in French is alternative
alternative in Italian is alternative
alternative in Portuguese is alternativa
alternative in Spanish is alternativa, alternativo
alternative in Swedish is alternativ

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