(a.) Offering a choice of two things.
(a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
(a.) Alternate; reciprocal.
(n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen,
but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the
other must be left.
(n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things
are called alternatives.
(n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.
(n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.
