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Definition of " option " in English English Dictionary
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Option Hear the Pronunciation!
The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
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The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
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Option Hear the Pronunciation!
A wishing; a wish.
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A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
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A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.
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Adoption Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
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Adoption Hear the Pronunciation!
Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
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The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
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Adoptionist One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. n.
Optional Hear the Pronunciation!
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
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See Elective, n.
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Optionally In an optional manner. adv.
Preoption Right of first choice. n.