optional

optional
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. discretionary, voluntary, elective, nonobligatory. See choice. Ant., obligatory, required.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. discretionary, elective, nonobligatory, noncompulsory, free, unrestricted, arbitrary, unforced, volitional, not required, according to one's will, with no strings attached*, take it or leave it*; see also voluntary .
Ant. necessary*, compulsory, enforced.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
elective, discretionary, voluntary, free, open, volitional.
ANT.: obligatory, compulsory, mandatory
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not compulsory or automatic: discretionary, elective, facultative. See CHOICE.

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  • optional — optional …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • optional — op‧tion‧al [ˈɒpʆnəl ǁ ˈɑːp ] adjective if something is optional, you can choose whether or not you have it, do it, or use it: • You can have a 17 inch monitor as an optional extra (= something that is additional to or better than the basic type… …   Financial and business terms

  • opţional — OPŢIONÁL, Ă, opţionali, e, adj. Cu caracter de opţiune; facultativ. [pr.: ţi o ] – Din fr. optionnel. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  OPŢIONÁL adj. facultativ. (Curs opţional.) Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime … …   Dicționar Român

  • Optional — Op tion*al, a. Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one s discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. n. See {Elective}, n. [1913 Webster] If to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • optional — index discretionary, disjunctive (alternative), elective (voluntary), extraneous, needless, nonessential …   Law dictionary

  • optional — / ɑpʃənl/, it. / ɔpʃonal/ agg. e s. ingl. [propr. facoltativo , der. di option opzione, scelta ], usato in ital. come s.m. e agg. ■ s.m. 1. (comm.) [con riferimento soprattutto ad autoveicoli, componente non di serie, fornito su richiesta]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • optional — (adj.) in reference to things which may be done or not done, 1792, from OPTION (Cf. option) + AL (Cf. al) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • optional — /ˈɔpʃonal, ingl. ˈHpʃən(J)l/ [vc. ingl., da option «opzione, scelta»] s. m. inv. (di auto) accessorio a richiesta …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • optional — [adj] possible; available as choice alternative, arbitrary, discretional, discretionary, elective, extra, facultative, free, noncompulsory, nonobligatory, no strings attached*, not required, open, unforced, unrestricted, up to the individual,… …   New thesaurus

  • optional — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ available to be chosen but not obligatory. DERIVATIVES optionality noun optionally adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • optional — [äp′shə nəl] adj. left to one s option, or choice; not compulsory; elective optionally adv …   English World dictionary

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