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.

  2. It's not optional.

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

    deDas Rezept erwähnt Muskatnuss, aber das ist optional. — jpense

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

    ruСлово "the" в этом предложении не является обязательным. — odexed

    deDas Wort "the" ist beliebig in diesem Satz. — Esperantostern

  5. The car is equipped with numerous optional accessories.

    ruАвтомобиль оснащён многочисленными опциями. — odexed

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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