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)

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  Rhymes: -ɒpt

Verb

opt (third-person singular simple present opts, present participle opting, simple past and past participle opted)

1. (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^[1], London, page 5:

     .... ardent anti-Germans who had 'opted' for France

   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     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

• Bulgarian: избирам (bg) (izbiram), спирам се на (spiram se na)
• Catalan: optar (ca)
• Esperanto: elekti
• Finnish: päättää (fi), valita (fi)
• French: opter (fr)
• German: optieren (de), wählen (de), sich entscheiden
• Italian: optare (it)
• Latin: optō
• Portuguese: optar (pt)
• Romanian: opta (ro)
• Russian: реша́ть (ru) (rešátʹ), выбира́ть (ru) (vybirátʹ)
• Spanish: optar (es)
• Swedish: välja (sv)

Anagrams

• OTP, PTO, TPO, pot, top

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• oft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō.

Adverb

opt (comparative optarr, superlative optast)

1. 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; […]

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

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Romanian

Romanian numbers ^(edit)

	80
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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

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Numeral

opt

1. eight

Derived terms

• optzeci
• optime