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Uncommon
adj
•
Relating
to a
choice
between two or more
possibilities
.
•
In Linguistics:
Presenting
two or more
alternatives
.
•
Other; different from
something else
.
•
Not
traditional
, outside the
mainstream
,
underground
.
•
Alternate
,
reciprocal
.
noun
•
A
situation
which
allows
a
mutually exclusive
choice
between two or more
possibilities
; a
choice
between two or more
possibilities
.
•
One of several
mutually exclusive
things
which can be
chosen
.
•
The
remaining
option
; something
available
after other
possibilities
have been
exhausted
.
•
In Music:
alternative rock
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English
alternatif
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
alternativus
Latin
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