opt
See also: OPT, oPt, OPt, opt., and opᵗ
English
Etymology
From French opter, from Latin optare “to choose” or "to select".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒpt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpt
Verb
opt (third-person singular simple present opts, present participle opting, simple past and past participle opted)
- (intransitive) To choose; select.
- He opted not to go.
- She opted for the salad rather than the steak.
- They opted against taking the train, preferring the bus.
- 1872 November 12, “Strasburg Germanised”, in Daily News, London, page 5:
- .... ardent anti-Germans who had 'opted' for France
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
- The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
Derived terms
- opt in
- opt out
- co-opt
Related terms
- option
- optional
Translations
to choose
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Anagrams
- OTP, PTO, TPO, pot, top
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- oft
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō.
Adverb
opt (comparative optarr, superlative optast)
- often
- Hávamál, verse 135
- […] at hárum þul / hlæ þú aldregi,
oft er gótt, / þat er gamlir kveða; […]- […] at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
often is good, / that which the old tell; […]
- […] at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
- Hávamál, verse 135
Descendants
- Icelandic: oft
- Faroese: ofta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ofte
- Norwegian Bokmål: ofte
- Swedish: ofta
- Danish: ofte
References
- “opt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian
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Cardinal: opt Ordinal: optulea Multiplier: octuplu Fractional: optime |
Etymology
From Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opt/
Audio (file)
Numeral
opt
- eight
Derived terms
- optzeci
- optime