optioned
Speech parts
1. optioned - Adjective
2. optioned - Verb
Meaning
optioned
simple past and past participle of option
optioned (not comparable)
(in combination) Having the specified kind or number of options.
Synonyms
Examples
I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.
Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful. I was only 100 pages into the novel and I had about 90 pages of movie script going. I realized I had a lot to learn.
Hollywood, they love everything, but they move like molasses. They'll option anything - the worst idea in the world will get optioned just because they want to keep the other person from getting that idea.
All-wheel drive is standard, and it can reach 60 mph as fast as 2.9 seconds, when the high-performance P100D model is optioned with the appropriately named Ludicrous Mode.
Additionally, several licenses from television have been optioned for MMORPGs, for example Star Trek Online and Stargate Worlds (which was later canceled).
Also, standard brakes could be optioned on the turbo as a cost-saving measure.