alternatively

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UK /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv.li/ US /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/

adv 2

Collocations

ADJ.

live, living

Some people work in the city but alternatively live in the countryside for a quieter lifestyle.

VERB + ALTERNATIVELY

invent, think, walk, wish

You could walk to the station, or alternatively, take the bus from here.

ALTERNATIVELY + NOUN

i'll, opec

Alternatively, OPEC members could agree to increase oil production to stabilize global prices.

ADV.

easily, interestingly

You can easily save money by cooking at home, or alternatively, you could order takeout.

Definitions

adv

in an alternative way

Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.

Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively.

Used to link a pair of opposing possibilities.

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Synonyms

adverb — in place of, or as an alternative to

instead

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.

Wiktionary

Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively.

Wiktionary

Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively, to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and ima

Wiktionary

You can walk, or alternatively, I'll drive you there in my car.

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Tom for Mary and Mary for Tom were alternatively the subject and the object.

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Alternatively, they say, OPEC could defer a decision altogether and review policy again at a special meeting in January.

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