opt
//ɒpt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- opt
- past (v2)
- opted
- past participle (v3)
- opted
- present participle
- opting
- 3rd person singular
- opts
Definitions
1.To choose; select.
- She opted for the salad rather than the steak.
- They opted against taking the train, preferring the bus.
- He opted not to go.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4575
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”).
Doublet of optate.