alternate interpretation

collocation in English

meaningsofalternateandinterpretation

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alternate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nət/us
/ˈɑːl.tɝː.nət/
with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first ...
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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofalternateandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalternate interpretation

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There is analternateinterpretationof the association between parental widowhood and the marriage of children.
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I now turn to developing analternateinterpretationof this strategy.
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This does not absolutely rule out thealternateinterpretation, but it does make it less likely.
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This article - based on analysis of a research program in economics, a single article that issued from that program, and in-depth interviews with the authors - proposes analternateinterpretation.
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That's analternateinterpretationof globalization that would solve a lot of problems.
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The video portrays analternateinterpretationof the lyrics.
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However, there is analternateinterpretation, as little potato.
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Analternateinterpretationof the saying like water for chocolate is to be like water that is hot enough to receive the chocolate (when preparing hot chocolate to drink).
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They do this, we argue, by "pragmatically blocking" state-based sets of beliefs and assumptions, and replacing these with alternate interpretations and models of police behavior.
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The major caveat in this line of research has been that, because the findings are correlational, the studies are open to alternate interpretations of the correlations.
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Alternate interpretations were also suggested for the subordinate clause's cause to be forgotten ("aw nansah"), such as defer or leave.
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Other reviewers of the call have offered alternate interpretations of what was said, some labeling it unintelligible.
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Cockburn stated in later interviews that he was pleased by both of these alternate interpretations.
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