optional
left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
leaving something to choice.
Origin of optional
1Other words for optional
Other words from optional
- op·tion·al·i·ty, noun
- op·tion·al·ly, adverb
- non·op·tion·al, adjective
- non·op·tion·al·ly, adverb
- un·op·tion·al, adjective
- un·op·tion·al·ly, adverb
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How to use optional in a sentence
We recently reported that, although optional, some schools had no teachers willing to return to campus for the district’s first phase of reopening.
Morning Report: The Story Behind MCC’s Only Coronavirus Death | Voice of San Diego | October 23, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoOK, before we move on to step three, which is totally optional, take a look at your car—you now have pretty much everything you need to car camp!
How to Build Out Your Subaru Forester for $350 or Less | Madeleine LaPlante-Dube | October 15, 2020 | Outside OnlineThey boast a fast charging speed, and come in both AA or AAA options, with an optional charger.
Home and office products that make sure-fire gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe ThinkPad X1 Fold has a 13-inch OLED touch screen that folds down the middle and an optional 5G modem that offers superfast wireless connectivity, at least in places covered by 5G mobile networks.
Two cutting-edge features have been added to a Lenovo laptop—but will it sell? | Aaron Pressman | September 29, 2020 | FortuneThere are optional add-ons like a carrying case and varying sizes of water tanks so you can enjoy multiple espresso drinks, from a ristretto to a caffè lungo.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-Science
Optionally, it can live up to its description by crashing into targets and detonating a five-pound warhead.
Smoke Rings, Mystery Backpacks and Gun-Toting Robots: The Weird Wartech of the Korean Conflict | Kyle Mizokami | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRegular university credit is given, but students may attend these lectures optionally and many do so.
In many cases, for this reason, good students take the subject optionally (without credit), though doing full work in it.
College Teaching | Paul KlapperBy the Egyptians it was practised in the same manner (excepting their Priests) as by the Tyrians,—viz., optionally.
At this time the sounds Hin and others may be made, alternately or optionally, according to habit.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana | Vatsyayana
British Dictionary definitions for optional
/ (ˈɒpʃənəl) /
possible but not compulsory; left to personal choice
Derived forms of optional
- optionally, adverb
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