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adjective
- 1. available to be chosen but not obligatory: "a wide range of optional excursions is offered"
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something that can be added, at extra cost, to a basic product or service to make it more attractive, efficient, etc.: Some car manufacturers offer advanced stereo systems as an optional extra on their more expensive models.
Optional definition: left to one's choice; not required or mandatory. See examples of OPTIONAL used in a sentence.
If you can choose whether or not to do something, it is optional. Extra credit is always optional; death and taxes are not. When you buy a new car, you can decide which options or choices, you would like.
: involving an option : not compulsory. optionality. ˌäp-shə-ˈna-lə-tē. noun. optionally adverb. Synonyms. discretionary. elective. voluntary. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of optional in a Sentence. Jackets are required at the restaurant, but ties are optional. Many optional features are available on this car.
If something is optional, you can choose whether or not you do it or have it. A holiday isn't an optional extra. In this stressful, frantic world it's a must. Sex education is a sensitive area for some parents, and thus it should remain optional. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
something that can be added, at extra cost, to a basic product or service to make it more attractive, efficient, etc.: Some car manufacturers offer advanced stereo systems as an optional extra on their more expensive models.
Define optional. optional synonyms, optional pronunciation, optional translation, English dictionary definition of optional. adj. Left to choice; not compulsory or automatic. op′tion·al·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
adjective. /ˈɒpʃənl/. /ˈɑːpʃənl/. that you can choose to do or have if you want to. Certain courses are compulsory; others are optional. This model comes with a number of optional extras(= things you can choose to have but which you will have to pay extra for).
Definition of optional adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If something is optional, it is available but you do not have to have it: an optional extra (Definition of optional from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
