Optional
Word: optionalOptional Meanings:
- Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/
- Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective. Synonyms: facultative; see also Thesaurus:optional Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
- (programming, sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.