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inclination
English
Etymology
From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin incl?n?ti?.Morphologically incline +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n.kl??ne?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)
- A physical tilt or bend.
- A slant or slope.
- A mental tendency.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane
- (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
- c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs
- you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations
- c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
- c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs
Synonyms
- (slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
- (tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity
Derived terms
- inclinational
Related terms
- inclinable
- incline
- inclined plane
- inclinometer
Translations
Anagrams
- anilinction
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incl?n?ti?, incl?n?ti?nem. See also inclinaison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.kli.na.sj??/
Noun
inclination f (plural inclinations)
- inclination (all senses)
Related terms
- incliner
Further reading
- “inclination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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option
English
Etymology
From French option, from Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p??n/
Noun
option (plural options)
- One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from the mid-18th c.]
Synonyms
- alternative
- choice
- possibility
- See also Thesaurus:option
Hypernyms
- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative
Hyponyms
- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant
Derived terms
- optionable
- optional
- option button
- stock option
Related terms
- opt
- optimal
- optimise, optimize
- optimism
- optimist
- optimistic
Translations
Verb
option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)
- To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]
- The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.
- (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
- The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
Further reading
- option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- option in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- potion
Finnish
Noun
option
- Genitive singular form of optio.
Anagrams
- opinto, opinto-
French
Etymology
From Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”).
Pronunciation
Noun
option f (plural options)
- option
Further reading
- “option” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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