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Alternative

/ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv/

An option or choice available instead of something else.

Synonyms:

You have several alternatives.

I'm not saying it didn't hurt, but there was no alternative.

So I had no alternative.

The word alternative originates from the Latin alternus, meaning other and to change, merging into Old French alternatif, and then Middle English.

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