The meaning of Option

Option – definition

noun
A thing that is or may be chosen.
Usage examples:
Choose the cheapest options for supplying energy
Synonims:
Choice Alternative Recourse Possibility Course of action Freedom of choice Power to choose Right to choose Bet

verb
Buy or sell an option on.
Usage examples:
His second script will have been optioned by the time you read this

noun
One thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make a choice
Usage examples:
The program helps students explore career options., he decided to exercise an option to break the t…

noun
One of a number of choices or decisions you can make, or the ability or freedom to choose what you do
Usage examples:
You need to think very carefully about the various options., our options look fairly limited at the…

Option translation into English

Option: translate from English into Chinese

选项

Option: translate from English into Dutch

Keuze, Optie, Alternatief, Keus, Voorkeur, Premieaffaire, Premie, Verkiezing

Option: translate from English into French

Option, Choix, Faculté

Option: translate from English into German

Möglichkeit, Option, Wahl, Alternative, Bezugsrecht, Wahlfach, Vorkaufsrecht

Option: translate from English into Hindi

विकल्प, चुनाव, चुनना, तरजीह, चुनने का अधिकार, वरण, वरणाधिकार, इच्छा, इंतिख़ाब

Option: translate from English into Italian

Opzione, Scelta

Option: translate from English into Korean

옵션, 선택권, 임의, 취사 선택권, 취사, 선택 가능한 것, 선택 매매권

Option: translate from English into Russian

Вариант, Опция, Опцион, Выбор, Средство, Оптация, Право выбора, Свобода выбора, Предмет выбора, Право выбора или замены, Сделка с премией

Option: translate from English into Spanish

Opción

Word origin

mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin optio(n- ), from the stem of optare ‘choose’. The verb dates from the 1930s.

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Option – similar words

optionalize

verb
To make optional.

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optionality

noun
The quality of being available to be chosen but not obligatory.
Usage examples:
These projects provide excellent optionality for our shareholders

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optional

ˈɒp.ʃən.əl

adjective
Available to be chosen but not obligatory.
Usage examples:
A wide range of optional excursions is offered

adjective
Not necessary or demanded but possible or available; depending on what you decide to do
Usage examples:
I think military service should be completely optional.

adjective
Something that is optional is something that you can buy or do if you want to, but that you do not have to buy or do
Usage examples:
Optional plug-ins cost a further $50 on average., optional accessories/components, some car manufac…

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Option synonims

alternative

adjective
(of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice.
Usage examples:
The various alternative methods for resolving disputes

noun
One of two or more available possibilities.
Usage examples:
Audiobooks are an interesting alternative to reading

noun
Something that is different, esp. from what is usual; a choice
Usage examples:
You can make it look good by comparing it to a crummy alternative., i have no alternative but to as…

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bet

verb
Risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game.
Usage examples:
He bet on baseball games

noun
An act of betting a sum of money.
Usage examples:
She had a bet on the derby

verb
To risk a sum of money on the unknown result of an event in the hope of winning more money than you have risked
Usage examples:
[ t ] he went to the race track and bet $2 on a horse., [ i ] i bet that the yankees won’t win the …

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choice

noun
An act of choosing between two or more possibilities.
Usage examples:
The choice between good and evil

adjective
(especially of food) of very good quality.
Usage examples:
He picked some choice early plums

noun
An act of choosing; a decision
Usage examples:
[ c ] a difficult/easy choice, [ c ] when you’re trying to cut the budget deficit, you’ve got to ma…

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possibility

noun
A thing that may happen or be the case.
Usage examples:
Relegation remains a distinct possibility

noun
Something that can be done or achieved, or that can exist
Usage examples:
One possibility is to hire more people., there’s a possibility of snow tonight.

All meanings and translations of Possibility

recourse

noun
A source of help in a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
Surgery may be the only recourse

noun
A way of dealing with a difficult or unpleasant situation
Usage examples:
If the company won’t pay me, the only recourse left to me is to sue them.

noun
Help, usually in the form of an official system or process, for someone in a difficult situation
Usage examples:
A recourse for sb the ombudsman is a recourse for homeowners who feel let down by their estate agen…

All meanings and translations of Recourse

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