opt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To choose to do something rather than something else.

   He opted not to go to the party.

2. 2
   verb

   To choose one thing instead of another.

   Many travellers now opt for the train over flying.

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

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