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English

optional

noun

Meaning

  1. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
  2. (sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
  3. Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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