American English pronunciation
How to pronounce options
IPA transcription: ['ɑpʃənz]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɑpʃənz]['ɔpʃənz]
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Noun
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the act of choosing or selecting
“your choice of colors was unfortunate”
“you can take your pick”
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one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
“what option did I have?”
“there no other alternative”
“my only choice is to refuse”
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the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
Usage examples
- Dining options include choices of dining-hall meals and two on-campus chain restaurants.
- Dining options include Applebee's, Noodles and Company, Chipotle, and Leeann Chin.
- Suffixes "A" or "B" were used for later models, to indicate certain options.
- There are many surgical options for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.
- Below is a description of some of the historic options.
- Merc-O-Matic and Multi-Drive automatic transmissions were available as options.
- Power steering and "Artic-Kar" air-conditioning were added as options.
- Technologies have afforded patients infinite options to use media as the choose.
- In this position, Black has several options.
- List all the valid options that are scheduled to become obsolete in a future version.