optional
op
ˈɑp
aap
tio
ʃə
shē
nal
nəl
nēl
/ˈɒpʃənə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "optional"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϐāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āύāϝāĻŧ

available or possible to choose but not required or forced
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Attendance at the seminar is optional; students can attend if they are interested in the topic.
āϏ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϐāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•; āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϐāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āύāϝāĻŧ

something that is not required or mandatory, especially in an academic setting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the conference, attendees can select from a menu of workshops, with each workshop being an optional.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϞāĻž āϐāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

optionally
optional
option
opt
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