alternative

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
an alternative proposition
2.
(not comparable)Other; different from something else.
3.
(not comparable)Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
4.
(not comparable, obsolete)Alternate, reciprocal.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

alternatives

1.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
2.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
3.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
4.
(uncountable)(uncountable, music) 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.
Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.

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Đồng nghĩa

disjunctive

Trái nghĩa

different or opposing

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alternapopalternative cannabinoidalternarockalternateenalternative algebraalternative archaeologyalternative countryalternative denialalternative dispute resolutionalternative energyalternative episcopal oversightalternative factalternative fashionalternative fertilizationalternative fuelalternative fundalternative hip hopalternative hip-hopalternative historyalternative hypothesis

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French alternatif, from alternātīvus (alternating), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (interchange, alternate). alternate. Compare alternate.