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# option

noun (an option, options); verb (option, options, optioned, optioning — rare, business use)

«option» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of the things you can choose from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#m1)
2. The freedom or right to choose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#m2)
3. A school subject you choose to study (UK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#m3)
4. (formal, business) A right to buy or sell something later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school it appears in multiple-choice questions (option A, B, C or D) and in choosing subjects. In computing, options are settings in a menu. In everyday life it means a choice. In maths, counting options leads to combinations: 3 shirts and 2 pairs of trousers give 6 options. Phrases: have no option but to, the best option, keep your options open, an optional extra.

### Examples

- Option C is the right answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x1)
- We had two options: walk or take the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x2)
- I had no option but to wait in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x3)
- The vegetarian option on the menu is pasta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x4)
- Click Options to change the sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x5)
- She took French as one of her options. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x6)
- With 4 flavours and 3 toppings there are 12 options. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x7)
- Keep your options open until you have all the facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/#x8)

### Note

Countable: an option, two options; use «an» because it starts with a vowel sound. Optional (adjective) means you may choose not to do it. In counting problems, multiply the number of options at each step to get all possible combinations.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «option» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/option/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«option» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/option.html) on Mova free.