Choice, option, alternative, preference, selection, election mean the act or opportunity of choosing or the thing chosen Choice suggests the opportunity or privilege of choosing freely Option implies a power to choose that is specifically granted or guaranteed Alternative implies a need to choose one and reject another possibility. Alternative medicine is a wide range of treatments for medical conditions that people use instead of, or with, western medicine A choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility.
See examples of alternative used in a sentence. There were alternative methods of travel available They had a right to seek alternative employment Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern western society. A choice among only two possibilities such that if one is chosen, the other cannot be chosen The alternative to riding is walking.
A situation presenting a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities. Alternative (plural alternatives) a situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities A choice between two or more possibilities One of two or more things that you can choose between An alternative plan, method, etc is…
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