alternative definition by Wordo

Adjective

Relating

to

a

choice

between

two

or

more

possibilities

.--

cf

.

OED

: "

Stating

or

offering

the

one

or

the

other

of

two

things

of

which

either

may

be

taken

."

--

> --

cf

.

also

in

OED

: "

Of

two

things

:

Such

that

one

or

the

other

may

be

chosen

,

the

choice

of

either

involving

the

rejection

of

the

other

. (

Sometimes

of

more

than

two

.)"

--

>

Noun

A

situation

which

allows

a

mutually exclusive

choice

between

two

or

more

possibilities

;

a

choice

between

two

or

more

possibilities

.

Adverb

alternatively