Optionalize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make optional; to add as an option, permit to be optionally omitted, or provide various options for implementing.

    "It seems easier to optionalize or abandon a subject altogether than to provide opportunities for small group discussion guided by faculty in the security of a laboratory type of environment."

Example

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"It seems easier to optionalize or abandon a subject altogether than to provide opportunities for small group discussion guided by faculty in the security of a laboratory type of environment."

Etymology

From optional + -ize.

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