different between alternative vs liking
alternative
English
Etymology
From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin altern?t?vus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin altern? (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l.?t??(?).n?.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l.?t?.n?.t?v/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /?l.?t?.n?.t?v/
Adjective
alternative (not comparable)
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
- Synonym: disjunctive
- Other; different from something else.
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
- (obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
alternative (plural alternatives)
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.]
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XI:
- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XI:
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. [from 17th c.]
- 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison[1]:
- 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.
- 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison[1]:
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. [from 18th c.]
- (uncountable, music) alternative rock
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:option
Translations
See also
- variant
References
- alternative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- alternative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alterna?tive/
- Rhymes: -ive
Adverb
alternative
- alternatively
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.t??.na.tiv/
- Homophone: alternatives
Adjective
alternative
- feminine singular of alternatif
Noun
alternative f (plural alternatives)
- alternative
Further reading
- “alternative” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
alternative
- inflection of alternativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective
alternative
- feminine plural of alternativo
Noun
alternative f
- plural of alternativa
Anagrams
- alternatevi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /al.ter.na??ti?.u?e/, [ä??t??rnä??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.ter.na?ti.ve/, [?l?t??rn??t?i?v?]
Adjective
altern?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of altern?t?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
alternative
- inflection of alternativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
alternative
- inflection of alternativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
alternative
- absolute definite natural masculine form of alternativ.
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liking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?k??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Etymology 1
From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English l?ciende, l?ci?ende, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?, equivalent to like +? -ing.
Verb
liking
- present participle of like
Etymology 2
From Middle English likinge, from Old English l?cung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +? -ing.
Noun
liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)
- A like; a predilection.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
- The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
- (archaic) Approval.
- goods bought on liking
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:predilection
Derived terms
- for one's liking
- to one's liking
- take a liking to
Translations
Sambali
Noun
likíng
- side
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