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How to pronounce alternative in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms alternate, substitute


an alternative plan.
Type Words
Synonyms choice, option
Type of deciding, decision making
Has types druthers, hobson's choice, impossibility, impossible action, opening, possibility, possible action, preference, soft option, obverse, default, default option


there is no other alternative.
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alternative possibilities were neutrality or war.
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an alternative life style.

Examples of alternative

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It also will reduce the allure of European bonds as an alternative to Treasurys.
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We haven't looked at an alternative solution to the rigid bureaucracies we have.
From the forbes.com
The line offered a fashionable alternative to mannish suits, and women loved it.
From the businessweek.com
O'Reilly and other publishers are cultivating Apple as an alternative to Amazon.
From the businessweek.com
By 2020, Mabus wants half of the Navy's energy to come from alternative sources.
From the kentucky.com
A couple of alternative attractions have been expertly added to the parkway mix.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Reading this one would think they are now the sole alternative to this HCR bill.
From the latimes.com
Is it true that the U.S. has no alternative to spending more billions on Europe?
From the time.com
Shock and awe was used to open up his students to alternative modes of thinking.
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More examples
  • Alternate: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
  • Option: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
  • Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war"
  • Pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
  • Alternative is the ninth album by UK electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1995.
  • This is a list of characters of the 2002 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Ryuki.
  • Alternative is a political party in Mauritania. The party won in the 19 November and 3 December 2006 elections 1 out of 95 seats.
  • Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ...
  • The Alternative is the second album by IAMX, released on April 28, 2006. It was re-issued on Metropolis Records in the US on May 6, 2008. In May 2010 it was re-issued on Fixt Records.