opt

To choose; select.

Verb

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.

Origin

First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate.

Forms

opts opting opted

Related

adopt co-opt optant optate optation optative option optional

Derived

opt in opt-in opt out opt-out