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dis·cre·tion·ar·y
 discretionary
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- pronunciation:
- dih
skre
sh
neI
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
left to one's own judgment or decision.
- antonyms:
- compulsory
- similar words:
- optional
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| definition 2: |
to be discreetly used as needed.
discretionary income |
| related words: |
elective, voluntary |
adverb + (adj.)discretionary
addition, highly, largely, less, purely, reasonably
(adj.)discretionary
+ noun
account,
act,
activity,
aggregate,
allocation,
appeal,
approval,
authority,
banker,
banking,
basis,
behavior,
bonus,
budget,
buying,
cap,
cash,
category,
completion,
cut,
decision,
dollar,
enforcement,
entitlement,
expenditure,
expense,
function,
fund,
funding,
good,
grant,
immunity,
income,
instrument,
intervention,
item,
judgment,
leisure,
manipulation,
money,
outlay,
parole,
permit,
pie,
policy,
portion,
power,
prerogative,
privilege,
procedure,
program,
provision,
purchase,
reach,
regime,
review,
rule,
sanction,
saving,
spending,
statute,
total,
travel,
veto,
waiver
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| derivations: |
discretional (adj.), discretionally (adv.) |
The word discretionary
contains the following part:
-ary1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, of, related to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ary1 attaches to Latin roots (e.g., primary
, literary
) and to nouns (e.g., cautionary
, fragmentary
), forming adjectives.
Example words:
alimentary, cautionary, complimentary, contemporary, discretionary, elementary, evolutionary, exemplary, expeditionary, extraordinary, fiduciary, fragmentary, honorary, involuntary, legendary, literary, momentary, primary, revolutionary, sanitary, sedentary, sedimentary, solitary, stationary, sublunary, superlunary, temporary, voluntary
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