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# How to pronounce "option button" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ɒptɪɒnbʌttɒn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **op·ti·on·but·ton**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (5 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "option button" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "and then you would see the new suggestion. And if you release the Option button, you would then see your original code. - Mm-hmm, by the way, that's pretty nice, but you have to know to hold the Option button."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfVt3S51T4&t=1540s)

### Example 2
> "There was deletions, there was trying the red highlight. Then the next iteration of it, which is sort of funny, you would hold the, on Mac, the Option button. So, it would highlight a region of code to show you that there might be something coming."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfVt3S51T4&t=1504s)

### Example 3
> "So instead of directly showing you the thing, it would just hint that the AI had a suggestion and if you really wanted to see it, you would hold the Option button, and then you would see the new suggestion."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfVt3S51T4&t=1533s)

### Example 4
> "And if you release the Option button, you would then see your original code. - Mm-hmm, by the way, that's pretty nice, but you have to know to hold the Option button. - Yeah. - And by the way, I'm not a Mac user, but I got it, Option."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfVt3S51T4&t=1544s)

### Example 5
> "wants to compete with laptops gets a little closer to a normal laptop experience so the keys themselves don't have a lot of travel or click but they're kind of like the 12-in MacBook but there's some useful stuff so there's a command button on either side an option button a control button and they work kind of how you'd expect them on a laptop running OS 10 so command T in the browser opens a new tab command and space from anywhere opens search like on"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0BSqrfXBjM&t=290s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [option](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/option), [button](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/button)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "option button" correctly?
"option button" is pronounced `/ɒptɪɒnbʌttɒn/`. Syllable breakdown: **op·ti·on·but·ton**.

### What does "option button" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "option button" in daily English.

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