Meaning

2 senses
  1. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.

  2. (capitalized, sometimes)In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. It isn't optional.

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  2. It's not optional.

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  3. The recipe mentions nutmeg, but it's optional.

    deDas Rezept erwähnt Muskatnuss, aber das ist optional.

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  4. The word "the" is optional in this sentence.

    ruСлово "the" в этом предложении не является обязательным.

    deDas Wort "the" ist beliebig in diesem Satz.

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  5. The car is equipped with numerous optional accessories.

    ruАвтомобиль оснащён многочисленными опциями.

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Origin

From option + -al.

From option + -al.

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Forms

plural: optionals
Singularoptional
Pluraloptionals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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