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optionalise

optionalise is the alternative form of optionalize.

Meaning of optionalize

Verb

optionalize (third-person singular simple present optionalizes, present participle optionalizing, simple past and past participle optionalized)

  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.1968, Teacher Education - Issues 1-6, page 36

Forms of optionalise

third-person singular presentoptionalises
present participleoptionalising
past participleoptionalised
pastoptionalised

Questions about optionalise

What is optionalise the alternative form of?
Optionalise is the alternative form of optionalize.

Words near optionalise in the dictionary

  1. option-select
  2. optionable
  3. optionaire
  4. optionaires
  5. optional
  6. optionalise
  7. optionalised
  8. optionalises
  9. optionalising
  10. optionalities
  11. optionality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optionalise (page history and authors); optionalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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