English dictionary · noun

option

One of a set of choices that can be made.

Meaning and definitions

1. One of a set of choices that can be made.
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.

Connected roots

• opt-

  eye, sight

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• adopt

  To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

• autopsy

  A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.

• biopsy

  The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

• optometry

  The art and science of vision and eye care.

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