English-Finnish translations for alternative

  • vaihtoehtoinenSiksi meidän on löydettävä jokin vaihtoehtoinen ratkaisu. This is why we need to find an alternative. Voisiko tämä olla vaihtoehtoinen ratkaisu? Would this not be an alternative solution? Rikkaalla on varaa etsiä joku vaihtoehtoinen tapa toimia. The rich can afford to look around for some alternative.
  • vaihtoehtoOnko hajauttaminen parempi vaihtoehto? Is decentralisation a better alternative? Vaihtoehto on siis näin dramaattinen. The alternative is that dramatic. Asetarkastajat ovat sodan vaihtoehto. The inspectors are the alternative to war.

Definition of alternative

  • 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. " --
  • Other; different from something else. OED: "ellipt. The other , which may be chosen instead." --
  • Alternate, reciprocal. cf. OED: "Characterized by alternation; alternate." --
  • A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
  • One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
  • The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

Examples

  • an alternative proposition
  • alternative conjunctions like or

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