option

Noun

1. One of a set of choices that can be made.
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
4. (uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.

Verb

1. To purchase an option on something.
2. (dated) To configure, by setting an option.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒpʃən/

Etymology

From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.

Synonyms

choice

alternative

selection

pick

⛏️

option contract

discretion

election

conversion option

setting

trade-off

variety

possibility

proclivity

select

set

straddling

tradeoff

variant

version

way

will

predisposition

alternatives

alternative solution

assortment

change

control

elect

free will

picklock

predilection

accord

preference

Translations

option

opción

choix

Option

opzione

Wahl

opcja

opção

alternativa

optie

alternatief

opció

keus

keuze

possibilité

Sentences

These systems may provide an option to hide the escape sequences .

Visitors have an option to camp on the beach in primitive campsites .

" Surrender is not an option ", the mercenary asserted .