Item or means of completing a goal if the primary item or method fails or is not available.
1 I made sure he didn't have time to get here by alternate means .
2 That meant they needed to find an alternate means of transportation.
3 This initiative is embodied in alternate means of expression and communication.
4 The additional surface space saved will ease the problem for alternate means of transport.
5 Small wonder, then, that the government is looking for alternate means to treat these injuries.
6 In the end, society will benefit as higher prices encourage investment in alternate means of production.
7 But if you want to cross the ocean, you will need an alternate means of transportation.
8 Once the Butres leave the system, none of our alternate means of escape is all that attractive.
9 As a result legal resettlement seems unattainable to most refugees, forcing them to seek alternate means of reaching Europe.
10 It means weapon systems without alternate means of finding out where they were could end up hundreds of kilometres off course.
11 Alternate means happening or following in turns, as in alternate days; alternative means available in place of something else.
12 "War is but a continuation of diplomacy by alternate means . "
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