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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.
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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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resolution
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“a breaking into part”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resol?ti? (“a loosening, solution”), from resolv? (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solv? (“I loosen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??lu??(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z??l(j)u?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
- Hyphenation: re?so?lu?tion
Noun
resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)
- A strong will, determination.
- The state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow
- The act of discerning detail.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
- name resolution
- (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.
- the resolution of an equation
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- polygon resolution
- texture resolution
References
- resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- what resolution is my monitor
- what resolution is 720p
- what resolution is blu ray
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