"alternative" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/ [UK], /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/ [US], /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-alternative.ogg
Etymology: From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|alternatif}} Middle French alternatif, {{der|en|ML.|alternātīvus|t=alternating}} Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), {{der|en|la|alternō|t=interchange, alternate}} Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} alternative (not comparable)
  1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-adj-wYb64KYV Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
    (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: disjunctive Translations ((linguistics) presenting two or more alternatives): választó (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-adj-StdZks6k Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of '(linguistics) presenting two or more alternatives': 15 75 0 5 5
  3. Other; different from something else. Tags: not-comparable Translations (other): альтэрнаты́ўны (alʹternatýŭny) (Belarusian), алтернати́вен (alternatíven) (Bulgarian), alternatiu (Catalan), alternativ (Danish), vaihtoehtoinen (Finnish), autre (French), alternativo [masculine] (Galician), alternativ (German), εναλλακτικός (enallaktikós) [masculine] (Greek), alternatív (Hungarian), másik (Hungarian), más (Hungarian), alternativo [masculine] (Italian), 代替 (daitai) (Japanese), പകരം (pakaraṁ) (Malayalam), alternativ (Norwegian), alternatywny [masculine] (Polish), alternativo (Portuguese), альтернати́вный (alʹternatívnyj) (Russian), а̏лтернатӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁlternatīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), alternativ (Swedish), ప్రత్యామ్నాయం (pratyāmnāyaṁ) (Telugu), başka (Turkish), farklı (Turkish), альтернати́вний (alʹternatývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-adj-ssCCD3WS Disambiguation of 'other': 0 0 100 0 0
  4. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground): alternatiu (Catalan), alternatív (Hungarian), alternatywny (Polish), alternativo (Portuguese), alternativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-adj-eMI7qqU6 Disambiguation of 'not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground': 0 2 1 96 1
  5. (obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-adj-nZEY6FbX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alternate, alternativeness, alternativism Translations (relating to a choice): այլընտրանքային (ayləntrankʻayin) (Armenian), альтэрнаты́ўны (alʹternatýŭny) (Belarusian), алтернати́вен (alternatíven) (Bulgarian), alternatiu (Catalan), alternativní (Czech), alternativ (Danish), alternatief (Dutch), vaihtoehtoinen (Finnish), alternatif [masculine] (French), alternativo [masculine] (Galician), alternativ (German), εναλλακτικός (enallaktikós) [masculine] (Greek), προαιρετικός (proairetikós) [masculine] (Greek), vagylagos (Hungarian), alternativo [masculine] (Italian), alternatif (Malay), ബദൽ (badal) (Malayalam), പകരം (pakaraṁ) (Malayalam), alternatibo [masculine] (Mirandese), alternativ (Norwegian), alternatywny [masculine] (Polish), alternativo (Portuguese), альтернати́вный (alʹternatívnyj) (Russian), а̏лтернатӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁlternatīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), alternatívny (Slovak), alternativo (Spanish), alternativ (Swedish), ప్రత్యామ్నాయం (pratyāmnāyaṁ) (Telugu), альтернати́вний (alʹternatývnyj) (Ukrainian)

Noun

IPA: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/ [UK], /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/ [US], /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-alternative.ogg Forms: alternatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|alternatif}} Middle French alternatif, {{der|en|ML.|alternātīvus|t=alternating}} Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), {{der|en|la|alternō|t=interchange, alternate}} Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} alternative (plural alternatives)
  1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. Translations (a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities): альтэрнаты́ва (alʹternatýva) [feminine] (Belarusian), алтернати́ва (alternatíva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), alternativa (Czech), alternativo (Esperanto), vaihtoehto (Finnish), alternative [feminine] (French), Alternative [feminine] (German), εναλλαγή (enallagí) [feminine] (Greek), διέξοδος (diéxodos) [feminine] (Greek), rogha [feminine] (Irish), alternativa [feminine] (Italian), 選択肢 (sentakushi) (Japanese), ബദൽ (badal) (Malayalam), alternatiba [feminine] (Mirandese), alternativ [neuter] (Norwegian), alternativ [neuter, plural] (Norwegian), alternatywa [feminine] (Polish), dysjunkcja [feminine] (Polish), alternativa [feminine] (Portuguese), альтернати́ва (alʹternatíva) [feminine] (Russian), алтернати́ва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternatíva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternativa [feminine] (Spanish), alternativ [neuter] (Swedish), seçenek (Turkish), альтернати́ва (alʹternatýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-noun-1Ng1akjU Disambiguation of 'a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities': 73 6 8 11 3
  2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. Translations (one of several things which can be chosen): այլընտրանք (ayləntrankʻ) (Armenian), альтэрнаты́ва (alʹternatýva) [feminine] (Belarusian), алтернати́ва (alternatíva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), alternativo (Esperanto), vaihtoehto (Finnish), alternative [feminine] (French), Alternative [feminine] (German), επιλογή (epilogí) [feminine] (Greek), εκλογή (eklogí) [feminine] (Greek), אַלְטֶרְנָטִיבָה (alternatíva) [feminine] (Hebrew), חֲלוּפָה (khalufá) [feminine] (Hebrew), rogha [feminine] (Irish), alternativa [feminine] (Italian), 選択肢 (sentakushi) (Japanese), പകരം (pakaraṁ) (Malayalam), alternatiba [feminine] (Mirandese), alternativ [neuter] (Norwegian), alternativ [neuter, plural] (Norwegian), alternatywa [feminine] (Polish), alternativa [feminine] (Portuguese), альтернати́ва (alʹternatíva) [feminine] (Russian), алтернати́ва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternatíva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alternativa [feminine] (Spanish), alternativ [neuter] (Swedish), seçenek (Turkish), альтернати́ва (alʹternatýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ברירה (breyre) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-noun-Sy1OFWlu Disambiguation of 'one of several things which can be chosen': 6 79 4 6 5
  3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-noun-th9gFdHk
  4. (uncountable, music) alternative rock Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-noun-mYBsUTTW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mirandese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 1 8 1 14 15 6 34 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 5 0 4 0 17 19 3 44 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 5 8 0 6 0 12 13 5 31 6 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 0 6 0 13 14 5 33 6 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 7 1 10 2 14 15 5 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 7 1 7 2 17 18 5 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 7 1 8 2 14 15 5 34 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 7 1 8 2 14 16 5 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 8 2 10 2 14 15 5 30 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 5 1 5 1 18 19 4 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 7 1 7 1 15 16 6 36 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 6 0 7 1 13 15 4 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 7 1 7 2 17 18 5 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 7 0 6 1 13 14 5 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 7 1 7 2 15 16 6 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 7 1 7 2 15 16 5 35 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 8 1 7 2 14 16 10 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 5 7 1 7 2 14 16 5 35 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 7 2 9 3 13 14 8 32 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 7 1 9 2 15 15 6 32 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 7 0 6 1 15 16 5 38 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 6 0 6 1 17 19 5 36 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 5 7 1 10 2 14 15 5 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 5 7 0 6 1 15 16 5 38 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mirandese translations: 5 7 1 8 2 14 16 5 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 5 7 1 7 2 15 16 6 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 8 1 8 2 15 16 6 32 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 9 1 8 2 13 13 5 33 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 6 0 5 1 16 17 4 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 7 1 10 2 14 15 5 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 5 7 1 9 2 14 16 5 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 8 0 6 0 15 16 5 37 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 7 1 8 2 17 18 5 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 4 7 1 8 1 15 16 5 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 7 1 8 2 15 16 5 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 7 1 8 2 16 18 5 31 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 5 7 1 8 1 14 16 5 36 7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
    Sense id: en-alternative-en-noun-ZSpEOSaC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Synonyms: see Thesaurus:option Related terms: variant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "an alternative proposition",
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          "text": "Reason would seem to dictate that it was an alternative offer,—either to receive $15,000 if the grantor perform the condition or $12,000 if he did not perform the condition.",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "daitai",
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          "word": "代替"
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          "roman": "pakaraṁ",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "പകരം"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "word": "alternativ"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alternatywny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "alternativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "альтернати́вный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ȁlternatīvan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "alternativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pratyāmnāyaṁ",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "ప్రత్యామ్నాయం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "başka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "alʹternatývnyj",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "альтернати́вний"
        }
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        {
          "text": "alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock"
        }
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          "underground",
          "underground"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 1 96 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground",
          "word": "alternatiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 1 96 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground",
          "word": "alternatív"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 1 96 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground",
          "word": "alternatywny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 1 96 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground",
          "word": "alternativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 1 96 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground",
          "word": "alternativo"
        }
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          "text": "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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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/",
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      ]
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      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ayləntrankʻayin",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "այլընտրանքային"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "alʹternatýŭny",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "альтэрнаты́ўны"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "alternatíven",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "алтернати́вен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternatiu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternatief"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "vaihtoehtoinen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enallaktikós",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εναλλακτικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proairetikós",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προαιρετικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "vagylagos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternatif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "badal",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "ബദൽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pakaraṁ",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "പകരം"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatibo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatywny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹternatívnyj",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "альтернати́вный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "а̏лтернатӣван"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȁlternatīvan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternatívny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pratyāmnāyaṁ",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "ప్రత్యామ్నాయం"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 47 1 2 2",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "alʹternatývnyj",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "альтернати́вний"
    }
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}

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      "word": "different"
    },
    {
      "word": "opposing"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
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          "ref": "1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter [XI], in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 268:",
          "text": "“The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed—“Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?”",
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          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "alʹternatýva",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "альтэрнаты́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "alternatíva",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "алтернати́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "alternativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "alternativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "vaihtoehto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternative"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Alternative"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enallagí",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εναλλαγή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diéxodos",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διέξοδος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rogha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sentakushi",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "選択肢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "badal",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "ബദൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternatiba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "alternativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "alternativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternatywa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dysjunkcja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "alʹternatíva",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "альтернати́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "алтернати́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternatíva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alternativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "alternativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "word": "seçenek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 6 8 11 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "alʹternatýva",
          "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "альтернати́ва"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1803, Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison:",
          "text": "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 legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.",
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        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 79 4 6 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ayləntrankʻ",
          "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
          "word": "այլընտրանք"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "alʹternatýva",
          "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "альтэрнаты́ва"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "алтернати́ва"
        },
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          "text": "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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      "word": "альтэрнаты́ўны"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "алтернати́вен"
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    {
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "vaihtoehtoinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εναλλακτικός"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "vagylagos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativo"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternatif"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "badal",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "ബദൽ"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pakaraṁ",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "പകരം"
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    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "alternatibo"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "alternativ"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
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      "sense": "relating to a choice",
      "word": "ప్రత్యామ్నాయం"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "альтернати́вний"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(linguistics) presenting two or more alternatives",
      "word": "választó"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "bg",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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    {
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "代替"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pakaraṁ",
      "sense": "other",
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      "code": "pl",
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mirandese translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
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    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sentakushi",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "word": "選択肢"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "badal",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "word": "ബദൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatywa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dysjunkcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹternatíva",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatíva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "word": "seçenek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "alʹternatýva",
      "sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ayləntrankʻ",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "այլընտրանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "alʹternatýva",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтэрнаты́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "alternatíva",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "alternativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "vaihtoehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternative"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alternative"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epilogí",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επιλογή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eklogí",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκλογή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "alternatíva",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַלְטֶרְנָטִיבָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khalufá",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חֲלוּפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rogha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sentakushi",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "選択肢"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pakaraṁ",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "പകരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatywa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹternatíva",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternatíva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alternativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "word": "seçenek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "alʹternatýva",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "breyre",
      "sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ברירה"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "alternative"
  ],
  "word": "alternative"
}

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