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alternative

/ɔːlˈtəːnətɪv/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɔːlˈtəːnətɪv/

ɔːlˈtəːnətɪv

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ɔːl - ˈtəːnətɪv -> alternative

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အခြားသော။ သမားရိုးကျ မဟုတ်သော။ (n) အခြားနည်းလမ်း။ ရွေးချယ်စရာ။

Full entry

alternative /ↄ:l'tɜ:nǝtÇv/ adj

၁။ အခြားသော။ find alternative means of transport ❍ Have you got an alternative suggestion?
၂။ သမားရိုးကျ မဟုတ်သော။ alternative comedy.
n အခြားနည်းလမ်း။ ရွေးချယ်စရာ။ One of the alternatives open to you is to resign. ❍ Caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess.
❏ alternative energy n [U] ကမ္ဘာ့သယံဇာတတို့ကို အန္တရာယ် မပြုသော၊ နေရောင်ခြည်၊ လေ၊ ရေ စသည်တို့မှ ထုတ်ယူ ရရှိသော စွမ်းအင်။
❏ alternativelyadv တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ ဓာမှ မဟုတ်ရင်။ We could take the train or alternatively go by car.
❏ alternative medicine (also complementary medicine ) n [U] ဓာတုဗေဒနည်းဖြင့် ဖော်စပ်သော ဆေးမျိုးမသုံးသည့် ကုသနည်း။ သဘာဝကုထုံး။

More examples

Can you suggest an alternative?
There was no alternative but to close the road until February.
[alternative to] : The treatment is offered as an alternative to surgery.

Synonyms

option, choice, substitute, alternate, alternately, another, another course of action, another possibility, as a substitute, back-up, change, complementary, different, discretion, druthers, flipside, freedom of choice, in lieu, in place of, in preference, instead, marginal, on second thought, opportunity, oppositely, or, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, other side, out of the ordinary, pick, possible choice, preference, rather than, recourse, redundancy, replacement, second, selection, sub, substitution, surrogate, take it or leave it, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, versus, vs

Antonyms

compulsion, constraint, conventional, necessity, obligation, rejection, restraint

Cross references

option choice substitute alternate alternately another another course of action another possibility as a substitute back-up change complementary different discretion druthers flipside freedom of choice in lieu in place of in preference instead marginal on second thought opportunity oppositely or other other fish in sea

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