German Meaning of alternative

Alternative

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Definitions and Meaning of alternative in English

Wordnet

alternative (n)

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

Wordnet

alternative (s)

serving or used in place of another

necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

pertaining to unconventional choices

Webster

alternative (a.)

Offering a choice of two things.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

Alternate; reciprocal.

Webster

alternative (n.)

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

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen, serving or used in place of another, necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilitie

Wahl,Option,Diskretion,Wahl,Freiheit,pflücken,Präferenz,Auswahl,Weg,Entschlossenheit

Zwang,Nötigung,Pflicht,Kraft,Verpflichtung,Hobsons Wahl

alternation of generations => Generationswechsel, alternation => Wechsel, alternating electric current => Wechselstrom, alternating current => Wechselstrom, alternating => alternierend,