preferred alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofpreferredandalternative

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreferred alternative

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However, the ' screening ' strategy is thepreferredalternativefor persons 35 years in age.
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Thepreferredalternativeis in that sense the least unacceptable from each person's point of view separately.
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The old-fashioned name "atrioventricular canal defect" is arguably as good, or even better, than ourpreferredalternative"atrioventricular septal defect".
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Epicardial pacing with bipolar steroid-eluting leads is thepreferredalternativein infants and young children.
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Vaccination without screening will be thepreferredalternativefor persons 35 years in age.
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In some situations, of course, incentives are thepreferredalternativeto coercion.
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I want to begin by setting aside mypreferredalternativefor the moment and considering the first two.
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He does not, however, present his exhortation as a bald command, but as apreferredalternativeto the 'joys' of physical inebriation.
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A large number of these did not state apreferredalternative.
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I would go further and say that we should see it as apreferredalternativeto litigation.
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The third involves the upper ceiling of £500 overall, with its overt threat of residential care being seen as thepreferredalternativeonce that figure has been reached.
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