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optional
English
Etymology
option +? -al
Adjective
optional (not comparable)
- Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
- Synonyms: facultative; see also Thesaurus:optional
- Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
Antonyms
- non-optional, nonoptional
Related terms
- option
- optionality
- optionally
Translations
Noun
optional (plural optionals)
- Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
- (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.
- 2015, Richard M Reese, Learning Java Functional Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd (?ISBN), page 147:
- In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. […] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.
- 2015, Richard M Reese, Learning Java Functional Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd (?ISBN), page 147:
Anagrams
- Politano
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pts??o?na?l/
- Hyphenation: op?ti?o?nal
Adjective
optional (not comparable)
- optional
Declension
Further reading
- “optional” in Duden online
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English optional.
Noun
optional m (invariable)
- optional accessory
- handicap (horse racing)
Anagrams
- pilotano
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selective
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
selective (comparative more selective, superlative most selective)
- Of or relating to the process of selection. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- selective pressure
- (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
- He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.
Derived terms
- selectively
- selectiveness
Related terms
- select
- selectivity
Translations
References
- “selective” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- cleveites, electives
selective From the web:
- what selective service
- what selectively permeable mean
- what selective breeding
- what selective permeability
- what selective service means
- what selective service system
- what selective mean
- what selective memory
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