Alternative Energy Adjective Bre ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv Method Solution

• an alternative method of doing something
• do you have an alternative solution?
• alternative comedy/lifestyles/values
• alternative energy (= electricity or power that is produced using the energy from the sun, wind, water, etc.)

alternative

1. that can be used instead of something else
• an alternative method of doing something
• Do you have an alternative solution?
2. different from the usual or traditional way in which something is done
• alternative comedy/lifestyles/values
• alternative energy (= electricity or power that is produced using the energy from the sun, wind, water, etc.)

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘alternating, alternate’): from French alternatif, -ive or medieval Latin alternativus, from Latin alternare ‘interchange’, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.