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Antonyms for option

Grammar : Noun
Spell : op-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ʃən

Definition of option

Origin :
  • c.1600, "action of choosing," from French option (Old French opcion), from Latin optionem (nominative optio) "choice, free choice, liberty to choose," from root of optare "to desire, choose," from PIE root *op- "to choose, prefer." Meaning "thing that may be chosen" is attested from 1885. Commercial transaction sense first recorded 1755 (the verb in this sense is from 1934). As a North American football play, it is recorded from 1954.
  • noun alternative
Example sentences :
  • What a fatality, that you have no better an option—either a Scylla or a Charybdis.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • You should go, see Von Brent, and get a renewal of the option.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I want that twenty thousand pounds before the option ceases.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Also I should like to see a copy of the option, or the original document by which you hold the mine.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Von Brent is the owner of the mine, and the man who gave John the option.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • That would mean, of course, to wait until this first option had run out.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • He has delayed us by every means in his power until the option has nearly expired.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Mr. Kenyon has the option of a mine in Canada, which he believes to be a good property.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • He had no option but to settle himself in the saddle for the great effort.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It would precipitate a tragedy to allow the lunatic any option in the matter.
  • Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis

Synonyms for option

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