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optionalizing

optionalizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about optionalizing

What is optionalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Optionalizing is the present participle and gerund of optionalize.

Words near optionalizing in the dictionary

  1. optionality
  2. optionalization
  3. optionalize
  4. optionalized
  5. optionalizes
  6. optionalizing
  7. optionally
  8. optionally piloted vehicle
  9. optionally piloted vehicles
  10. optionals
  11. optionary

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