different between alternative vs soonest
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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soonest
English
Adjective
soonest
- superlative form of soon: most soon
Adverb
soonest
- superlative form of soon: most soon
- (informal) Very soon; urgently; without delay.
Usage notes
- (very soon): Use of soonest was especially popular in telegrams, which are paid for by the word, as a one-word alternative to as soon as possible.
Anagrams
- osteons, sootens
Estonian
Noun
soonest
- elative singular of soon
soonest From the web:
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