OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7840

alternative

/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alternativa
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
“The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed—“Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?”
alternativa
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legisl…
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