option
verb/ˈɒpʃn/
/ˈɑːpʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they option | /ˈɒpʃn/ /ˈɑːpʃn/ |
| he / she / it options | /ˈɒpʃnz/ /ˈɑːpʃnz/ |
| past simple optioned | /ˈɒpʃnd/ /ˈɑːpʃnd/ |
| past participle optioned | /ˈɒpʃnd/ /ˈɑːpʃnd/ |
| -ing form optioning | /ˈɒpʃənɪŋ/ /ˈɑːpʃənɪŋ/ |
- option something to buy or sell the right to own or use something at some time in the future
- The novel has been optioned for the screen by his production company.
- We've optioned all her books, including future ones.
- This is his first script to be optioned by a film company.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin optio(n-), from the stem of optare ‘choose’.
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