Alternative
(a.) Offering a choice of two things. |
Alternative
(a.) Disjunctive |
Alternative
(a.) Alternate |
Alternative
(n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both |
Alternative
(n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. |
Alternative
(n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. |
Alternative
(n.) A choice between more than two things |
Caravan
(n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa. |
Caravan
(n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition |
Caravan
(n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc. |
En route
() On the way or road. |
Escape
(v.) To flee from and avoid |
Escape
(v.) To avoid the notice of |
Escape
(v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger |
Escape
(v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form |
Escape
(v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds |
Escape
(n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice |
Escape
(n.) That which escapes attention or restraint |
Escape
(n.) A sally. |
Escape
(n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. |
Escape
(n.) An apophyge. |
Escape
(n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. |
Escape
(n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. |
Migrant
(a.) Migratory. |
Migrant
(n.) A migratory bird or other animal. |
Migration
(n.) The act of migrating. |
Return
(v. i.) To turn back |
Return
(v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular |
Return
(v. i.) To speak in answer |
Return
(v. i.) To revert |
Return
(v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. |
Return
(v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back |
Return
(v. t.) To repay |
Return
(v. t.) To give in requital or recompense |
Return
(v. t.) To give back in reply |
Return
(v. t.) To retort |
Return
(v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known. |
Return
(v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior |
Return
(v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. |
Return
(v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done |
Return
(v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. |
Return
(v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net. |
Return
(v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner |
Return
(n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition |
Return
(n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition |
Return
(n.) That which is returned. |
Return
(n.) A payment |
Return
(n.) An answer |
Return
(n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like |
Return
(n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. |
reappearance
return | the act of someone appearing again, his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited |
| return homecoming | a coming to or returning home, on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party |
emigration
out-migration
expatriation | migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) |
immigration
in-migration | migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) |
escape
flight | the act of escaping physically, he made his escape from the mental hospital, the canary escaped from its cage, his flight was an indication of his guilt |
close call
close shave
squeak
squeaker
narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
restitution
return restoration regaining | getting something back again, upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing |
| escape | a means or way of escaping, hard work was his escape from worry, they installed a second hatch as an escape, their escape route |
| escape | an avoidance of danger or difficulty, that was a narrow escape |
| return | the act of going back to a prior location, they set out on their return to the base camp |
| escape escapism | an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy, romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life, his alcohol problem was a form of escapism |
| return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
| return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player, he won the point on a crossourt return |
| alternative medicine | the practice of medicine without the use of drugs, may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture |
| paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
| evasion escape dodging | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do, his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible, that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive |
| escape mechanism | a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities |
| smuggling | secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due |
| migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
return paying back
getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
migrant shrike
Lanius ludovicianus migrans | a shrike of central North America, winters in Texas and the southern Mississippi valley |
caravansary
caravanserai
khan
caravan inn | an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans |
| escape hatch | hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency |
| escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
fire escape
emergency exit | a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency |
return key
return | the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed |
road
route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
safety valve
relief valve
escape valve
escape cock
escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
seaway
sea lane
ship route
trade route | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels |
| trunk line trunk route | line that is the main route on a railway |
| van caravan | a camper equipped with living quarters |
Rubicon
point of no return | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
option
alternative
choice | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen, what option did I have?, there no other alternative, my only choice is to refuse |
lore
traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote, early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend |
round-trip ticket
return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
| day return | a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day |
tax return
income tax return
return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability, his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return |
| amended return | a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return |
declaration of estimated tax
estimated tax return | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year |
| false return | an incorrect income tax return |
| information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
| joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife |
alternative pleading
pleading in the alternative | a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on |
| return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
rejoinder
retort
return riposte
replication comeback
counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
| migration | the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding |
| migration | (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule |
recurrence
return | happening again (especially at regular intervals), the return of spring |
escape
leak
leakage
outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container, they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe, he had to clean up the leak |
| return coming back | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |