亚洲网紅露点

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option

[ op-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the power or right of choosing.
  2. something that may be or is chosen; choice.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. the act of choosing.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. an item of equipment or a feature that may be chosen as an addition to or replacement for standard equipment and features:

    a car with a long list of extra-cost options;

    a telephoto lens option for a camera.

  5. a privilege acquired, as by the payment of a premium or consideration, of demanding, within a specified time, the carrying out of a transaction upon stipulated terms; the right, as granted in a contract or by an initial payment, of acquiring something in the future:

    We bought one lot and took a 90-day option on an adjoining one.

  6. Football. a play in which a back has a choice of either passing or running with the ball.


verb (used with object)

  1. to acquire or grant an option on:

    The studio has optioned his latest novel for film adaptation.

  2. to provide with optional equipment:

    The car can be fully optioned at additional cost.

option

/ 藞蓲辫蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of choosing or deciding
  2. the power or liberty to choose
  3. an exclusive opportunity, usually for a limited period, to buy something at a future date

    he has a six-month option on the Canadian rights to this book

  4. commerce the right to buy ( call option ) or sell ( put option ) a fixed quantity of a commodity, security, foreign exchange, etc, at a fixed price at a specified date in the future See also traded option
  5. something chosen; choice
  6. short for local option
  7. keep one's options open or leave one's options open
    not to commit oneself
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to obtain or grant an option on
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞辫顎僼颈辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫谤别路辞辫顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of option1

First recorded in 1595鈥1605; from Latin 辞辫迟颈艒苍-, stem of 辞辫迟颈艒 鈥渃hoice,鈥 equivalent to 辞辫(迟腻谤别) 鈥渢o select鈥 ( opt ) + -迟颈艒 -tion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of option1

C17: from Latin 辞辫迟颈艒 free choice, from 辞辫迟腻谤别 to choose
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Synonym Study

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The injunction was supposed to block Apple from anticompetitive conduct and pricing, opening the App Store up to outside payment options.

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The body is currently assessing another option Meta introduced last year, which the company says uses less personal data to display advertisements.

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Since the early 1990s, charter schools have taken hold in California and 46 other states as a popular public-funded option for parents and their children.

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鈥淪uccumbing to the challenge is not an option,鈥 Bolton told People, revealing his diagnosis in an exclusive interview published Wednesday.

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Current-day scientists have far more options than those 50 years ago, including satellite imagery, which is being used in Ukraine to identify fires, flooding and pollution.

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