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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

alternative

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Source Word

alternative

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/

not-comparable obsolete

Japanese Meaning

2つ以上の可能性から選択する状況に関する / 2つ以上の代案や選択肢を提示する（言語学において） / 何かと異なっている、他のものとしての

What is this buttons?

We decided to take the alternative route to avoid the traffic.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは渋滞を避けるために別のルートを通ることにしました。

Sense（1）

Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

Sense（2）

(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.

alternative conjunctions like or

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Sense（3）

Other; different from something else.

Sense（4）

Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.

alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock

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Sense（5）

(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.

He [the Sun] it is that giveth light to all things, and riddeth them from darkneſſe : hee hideth the other ſtarres, and ſheweth them againe : he ordereth the ſeaſons in their alternative courſe : he tempereth the yeere, ariſing ever freſh and new againe, for the benefite and good of the world.

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