Optional

//ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl//

"Optional" in a Sentence (13 examples)

An air conditioner is available as an optional extra.

The word "the" is optional in this sentence.

It isn't optional.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Even though it's optional, you should still do the homework.

It's optional.

It's not optional.

Wearing green is optional.

The red-eyed knight is an optional enemy, but I recommend killing him to get his sword.

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On that beach clothing is entirely optional.

Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.

In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. […] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.

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