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option English

Meaning option meaning

What does option mean?
Definitions in simple English

option Noun

— An option is a choice. He has the option to go to university or join the army.

option

— noun (= alternative, choice) 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 — noun 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 — noun (= choice, pick) the act of choosing or selecting your choice of colors was unfortunate you can take your pick

Synonyms option synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as option?

option English » English

choice alternative selection pick option contract election discretion variety trade-off setting possibility conversion option will way version variant tradeoff straddling set select proclivity preference predisposition predilection picklock free will elect control change assortment alternatives alternative solution accord

Topics option topics

What do people use option to talk about?
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose
Language and thought Want Influence

Compel

Conjugation option conjugation

How do you conjugate option?

option · verb

Examples option examples

How do I use option in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom, you're a man; passive resistance is not an option for you when someone you really love has been taken away like that.
There exists only one option now.
We have no other option.
That's not an option.
I always have that option.
I don't have any other option.
I don't see another option.
Failure is not an option.
Is Esperanto a joke, or a serious option?
May I suggest another option?
I'm contemplating this option.
Self-publishing may be an attractive option.
Most people choose the default option.
Doing that's always an option.
This is an option to consider.
Indicate the correct option.
Mark the correct option.
It is an option.
It's an option.
That's one option.
There's another option.
We had no other option.
Renting a car was the best option.

Movie subtitles

Is there an option?
Perhaps There's Another Option.
I think I'll have to buy myself an option on his curiosity.
So we have no option but to go back.
Militarily speaking, Mr Candy has no option.
You give me no option I can not let you destroy me.
But I preferred to think of him as cowardly rather than accept the other option.
Yes, that's always an option.
I have had no option but to order certain further arrests.
So I have no option but to take the Baroness Brunnheim to the abbey.
Lieutenant, you must be aware that the only option left to you in a Poland such as this is to fight.
That is the option, that I see.
You are to be liquidated within a period of 48 hours, but you have an option as to method and precise time.
On your option.
That's not an option anymore!
We don't have the option of ignoring it, and, at some point, we need to clear up this misunderstanding.
Looks like our only option is to ask that woman.
There's one way you can get it, option your stock to us and resign.
A 30-day option on 10,000 shares of stock in this company, now registered in the name of Thomas A. Dickson.
It could be an option.
In return, we wish to be allowed the option of buying up further shares in the company.
See if you can get an option.
I have no option but think things over.
We lose our option on the commune's land in 3 days.
That's why, my dears, you still have the option of bowing out.
Isn't there another option?
Their only option. I believe that this cylinder contains a magnetic recording of a document that was composed in a language unknown to us.
That's not an option at all!
We did what we did because they took away all the other option.
First option, fulfill all conditions requested by Gim Bong Gu, everything must be accomplished.
I mean, I was gonna wear the dress that Sasha wore, but she wore her mother's dress, which is not an option for me, 'cause my mother burned her wedding dress.
Knowing your opponent's total. it's your option to draw a 6. or stand pat comfortably with 4.
How much would it take for your option?
There's no other option, Stefan.
There's no other option.
With an option for another.
We have two options. The option suggested by him, or their one. Let's decide.
I think it's our only option.
You don't want her around, asking questions. when we bring up that stock option deal, do you?
When a suitable area has been secured you will have the option of living there or not as you wish.

News and current affairs

The first option would enable producers everywhere to take advantage of economies of scale.
Fortunately, there is a multilateral option and an existing precedent.
This is what is great about technological solutions to climate change: if an alternative option is cheaper, people will start using it.
Fracking is not a panacea, but it really is by far this decade's best green-energy option.
In such conditions, most firms and consumers will be cautious about spending - an option value of waiting - thus further weakening the economy.
But the only military option so far put before us is invasion to change the regime - that is, full-scale war.
Saddam's only option would be to provide weapons of mass destruction to terrorists.
We should not forswear that option, but we ought to consider others, not least because the Security Council - whose backing will be politically if not legally crucial - may never support invasion.
Governments that cannot borrow cheaply (or at all) from markets have no option but to tighten their belts.
I firmly believe that the military option alone cannot defeat terror.
But the world cannot hold its breath waiting for a change of heart by Putin and China, which is why a no-fly zone should be examined as a military option.
One option would be to accept and live with a nuclear or near-nuclear Iran.
The Copenhagen Consensus study also examined a portfolio option of the sort heralded by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Today, following the North's third nuclear test, we seem to have entered the most precarious stage yet, with the regime declaring that it will never surrender its nuclear option.
It is time for Greece, other eurozone members, and the European Commission to start thinking seriously about that option.
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.
This episode suggests that Koizumi's hardline position isn't the only option.
Prince Charles might have been far happier as a gardener, but this was never an option.
Both sides may believe that their best option - at least for now - is to negotiate.
Some argue that the absence of a secular liberal option in Arab politics stems from fear of political Islam.
So when the Islamist government's credibility collapsed, the military was Egypt's only remaining option.
Turning its back in the face of such challenges is no longer a viable American option.
One option would be to increase substantially the number of mid-career recruits with actual practical experience in developing countries.
Of course, in order to pressure North Korea's government to give up its nuclear option, the current international economic sanctions, which target WMD-related products and luxury goods, probably should continue.
The one option that should not be on the table is US ground troops; no one wants to see US forces bogged down in another war, especially in another Muslim country.

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