alternative form

collocation in English

meanings of alternativeand form

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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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Examples of alternative form

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