alternative future

collocation in English

meaningsofalternativeandfuture

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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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future
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
a period of time that is ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandfuturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalternative future

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In this discourse women may symbolise a desirable,alternativefuturethat is without sectarian conflict.
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Eliot, a prophetess, also encourages analternativefutureby asking her readers to share a vision of domestic sentiment, even as she concedes the human, individual basis for that vision.
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They have made interesting and occasionally convincing criticisms, but they have totally failed to suggest analternativefuturefor this country.
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Surely the time has come to look again at analternativefuturefor the dockyards.
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It is not our general practice to speculate on possiblealternativefutureuses for military installations until firm decisions have been reached.
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It is not our practice to speculate onalternativefutureuses for military installations.
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I am discussing with him possiblealternativefuturearrangements to ensure a stable environment for the funding of the capital's arts organisations.
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Our studies will assess thealternativefuturepower source technologies for submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles, but it is too early to make any decisions.
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Those organisations give options to those who feel that they cannot speak out or escape their predicament and cannot alone mild analternativefuture.
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That is, the results show the difference (usually reported in percent change form) between twoalternativefuturestates (with and without the policy shock).
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She is then shown in heralternativefuture, enjoying the company of her children and grandchildren.
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Analternativefutureshould not be confused with a possible future.
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It expressed on paper the dream of analternativefutureheld by many in the movements of the 1970s and later.
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We need to show that we are prepared to fight to be a credible government and have the courage to offer analternativefuture.
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They seek to effect this by attempting to undermine the authority of the owner's text, confusing and re-contextualising it and thereby making apparent the possibility of analternativefuture.
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The open structure of the model means that the outputs from existing process modelling software can be incorporated to provide a canvas upon which alternative futures can be sketched.
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His work recognises that scenarios can be used to describe six alternative futures: plausible, probable, particular, prospective, preferred and possible futures.
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Causal layered analysis focuses on opening up the present and past to create alternative futures rather than on developing a picture of a particular future.
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Also, alternative histories commonly forgot time travel, while alternative futures do not.
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