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option +‎ -al

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optional (not comparable)

  1. Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
    Synonyms: facultative; see also Thesaurus:optional
    Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
    On that beach clothing is entirely optional.

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  • Dutch: optioneel

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Noun edit

optional (plural optionals)

  1. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
  2. (programming, sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
    • 2015, Richard M Reese, Learning Java Functional Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 147:
      In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. [] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɔptsɪ̯oˈnaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: op‧ti‧o‧nal

Adjective edit

optional (strong nominative masculine singular optionaler, not comparable)

  1. optional

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Further reading edit

  • optional” in Duden online
  • optional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English optional.

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optional m (invariable)

  1. optional accessory
  2. handicap (horse racing)

References edit

  1. ^ optional in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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