option
🇺🇸
/ˈɑːpʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˈɒpʃn/
noun
A2
a choice you can make
We have the option to go by bus or train.
A2
a subject a student can choose to study
Students can pick an option like art or music.
R
the right to buy or sell something later
They used their option to buy the house next year.
R
a choice in a computer program
Click the print option to make a copy.
verb
R
to buy the right to use something later
The movie studio optioned the book for a film.
translation
a choice you can make; a subject a student can choose to study; the right to buy or sell something later; a choice in a computer program
to buy the right to use something later
Word Forms
3rd Present
options
Plural
options
Past
optioned
Perfect
optioned
Progressive
optioning