alternative
/ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/ adjectif B1En français : autre, alternatif
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. · an alternative proposition· There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs.
- Presenting two or more alternatives. · alternative conjunctions like or
- Other; different from something else.
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. · alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
Dans la bibliothèque
The last alternative seemed the most prudent, so he waited until twelve o’clock.
“You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the short.
I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend in those hours of intense mental concentration during which he weighed every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories, balanced one against the other, and made up his mind as to which points were essential and which immaterial.
“There is no alternative, I assure you.”
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