opt C1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ɑpt/ UK /ɒpt/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like apt /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Freq #28412 Meanings 1 verb To choose to do something rather than something else. He opted not to go to the party. 2 verb To choose one thing instead of another. Many travellers now opt for the train over flying. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to choose to do something... prefer Word family Forms optedoptingopts Common collocations opt out Verb + adverb Etymology AI details First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate. Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # opt **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɑpt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɒpt/ **Frequency rank:** 28412 ## Meanings 1. To choose to do something rather than something else. 2. To choose one thing instead of another. ## Examples - He opted not to go to the party. - Many travellers now opt for the train over flying. ## Etymology First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate. ## AI Etymology Opt is first attested in 1853 and was borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate. In present use it covers to choose to do something rather than something else and to choose one thing instead of another. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown