Definitions of opt [ɒpt]

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Definition of 'opt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) opt
to make a choice; choose:
Voters opted for conservative candidates.

2. opt
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
to opt out of the urban congestion.

Etymology: (1875–80; < F opter to choose, divide < L optāre to wish for, pray for, choose)

Definition of 'opt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) choose, prefer, opt
select as an alternative over another
"I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

Definition of 'opt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) opt
opt for sth/opt to do sth
to choose sth
I opted for the slightly cheaper bike.; Students can opt to take a year off before starting college.

Translation of 'opt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to choose or decide not to do something or take part in something You promised to help us, so you can't opt out (of it) now.
Afrikaans: kies,ŉ keuse uitoefen	Arabic: يَخْتار، يُفاضِل	Bulgarian: избирам
Brazilian: recuar	Czech: vyhnout se, upustit od	German: aussteigen
Danish: bakke ud	Greek: αποσύρομαι, κάνω πίσω	Spanish: abandonar, dejar de parti
Estonian: loobuma	Farsi: انتخاب کردن؛ ترجیح دادن	Finnish: jättäytyä pois
French: choisir de ne pas partici	Hebrew: לִבחוֹר לא לָקַחַת חֶלֶק	Hindi: चुनना, पसंद करना
Croatian: odustati	Hungarian: „kiszáll” vmiből	Indonesian: mundur, membatalkan
Icelandic: velja, kjósa	Italian: ritirarsi	Japanese: 手をひく
Korean: 선택하다	Lithuanian: atsisakyti (daryti, dalyv	Latvian: izvairīties; atteikties
Malay: memilih utk tdk menyertai	Dutch: zich terugtrekken	Norwegian: trekke seg
Polish: wycofać się	Persian: انتخاب کردن؛ ترجیح دادن	Pashto: ټاكل
Portuguese: recuar	Romanian: a opta pentru	Russian: уклоняться (от)
Slovak: vyhnúť sa	Slovenian: odločiti se	Serbian: odlučiti se
Swedish: välja, hoppa av	Thai: เลือกที่จะไม่ทำ	Turkish: seçmek, tercih etmek
Taiwanese: 選擇或決定不做某事	Ukrainian: вибирати; ухилятися	Urdu: اختيار کرنا
Vietnamese: chọn lựa	Chinese: 选择或决定不做某事
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