alternative form

collocation in English

meaningsofalternativeandform

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alternative
adjective
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us
/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalternative form

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Analternativeformof prophylaxis is to use an antiviral agent such as amantadine or rimantadine.
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Thealternativeformof treatment involves direct laser treatment of leaking microaneurysms (focal laser).
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This may take the form of analternativeformof democracy, but there is no guarantee that this will be the case.
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Thealternativeformof courts, taken in this test, is not a universal panacea.
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One's self (an earlier andalternativeformof oneself) is found in the mid 16th century.
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Perhaps you will think the question silly; but if you could suggest analternativeformof words, it might help.
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Figure 4 shows analternativeformof the typing rules that is syntax-directed.
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To address this issue, we adopt analternativeformof adaptation.
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If there is analternativeformto denote a distinct difference of meaning, why not use it?
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In effect, the adult rejects the form chosen by the child and selects analternativeform.
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Melodrama's associations with the lower classes were strong from the outset, as was its tendency to function as analternativeformof cultural expression.
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Home-ownership can therefore be considered as analternativeformof insurance that secures a valuable asset which can be drawn upon to raise economic wellbeing in old age.
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Developmental plasticity is defined as 'the ability of a single genotype to produce more than onealternativeformof structure, physiological state or behaviour in response to environmental conditions'.
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On the other hand, the relationship between behaviour and parasitism may take analternativeformin which individual behavioural patterns in-uence the subsequent acquisition of parasites.
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The notion of running missions as an extended spiritual family, offering analternativeformof kinship to the unmarried and widowed, was enhanced by actual temporal relationships.
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It was stressed that thealternativeformof analysis which is concerned with the sequence of bleeding and non-bleeding days does not necessarily preclude the imposition of a cycle.
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As we saw in the previous excerpt, "spiral binding" can be ambiguous in this setting, and this employee seeks to resolve the ambiguity by using analternativeformof reference.
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As well as stemming the flow of nursing home admissions, this goal was to be achieved by improving and expanding those community-based services which provide analternativeformof care.
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The whole point is whether they would be able to make this charge although the consumer had not analternativeformof lighting.
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