optional
US: /ˈɑpʃənəɫ/, /ˈɔpʃənəɫ/
UK: /ˈɒpʃənəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
optional /'ɔpʃənl/- tính từ
- tuỳ ý, không bắt buộc
- để cho chọn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjectivethat you can choose to do or have if you want to: Certain courses are compulsory, others are optional. + This model comes with a number of optional extras (= things you can choose to have but which you will have to pay extra for).
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
voluntary, discretionary or discretional, elective, facultative, free, spontaneous, uncoerced, unforced, non-compulsory, uncompulsory, non-mandatory, unmandatory, non-requisite, unrequisite:
Life insurance is optional for those who have our hospitalization policy.
Collocation
VERBS
be
ADV.
entirely, purely
The extra language classes are entirely optional.
Concise dictionary
'ɑpʃənl /'ɒp-adj.
+possible but not necessary; left to personal choice