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  (ŏpt) pronunciation
intr.v., opt·ed, opt·ing, opts.

To make a choice or decision: opted for early retirement; opted not to go.

phrasal verb:

opt out Slang.

  1. To choose not to participate in something: “give individual schools the right to opt out of the local educational authority” (Newsweek).

[French opter, from Old French, from Latin optāre.]


 
 

Decide or make a choice. For example, an individual may opt to lease rather than purchase facilities.

 

verb

    To make a choice from a number of alternatives. choose, cull, elect, pick (out), select, single (out). See choice.

 
Wikipedia: opt (disambiguation)

Opt can mean:

  • an abbreviation for option
  • /opt, a directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
  • ounce per tonne, used (often in mining) to indicate the amount of a substance in a sample. Example: "0.24 opt gold" indicates that every ton of mined material contains 0.24 ounces gold.
  • OPT - Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment authorization that gives F-1 students an opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to a practical work experience off campus. You may use some or all of the available 12 months of practical training during your course of study or save the full twelve months to use after you complete your studies .
  • OPT - Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) a technique used for 3D imaging of biological samples (and tissues) in research. for reference and further details see publication "Sharpe et al Science 2002".

See Also


Opt may also be used to form a verb (to opt out) or noun/adjective (opt-out) and refer to:

  • Opt out - in broadcasting
  • Opt-out - to avoid receiving unsolicited product or service information
  • Optout - a student who drops out
  • Opting out - a political expression
  • Opting-out - a school or hospital that has withdrawn from local (UK) government control
  • Opt in - in broadcasting
  • Opt in e-mail - the option to receive bulk e-mail

 

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vælge

idioms:

  • opt in    vælge at være med
  • opt out    vælge ikke at være med

Nederlands (Dutch)
kiezen

Français (French)
v. intr. - opter pour, choisir

idioms:

  • opt in    décider de participer, accepter le contrôle de l'État
  • opt out    décider de ne pas participer, renoncer au contrôle de l'État (une école, un hôpital)

Deutsch (German)
v. - wählen

idioms:

  • opt in    beitreten
  • opt out    sich drücken vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προκρίνω, προτιμώ, διαλέγω, επιλέγω υπηκοότητα
abbr. - οπτικός

idioms:

  • opt out    αποχωρώ, αποσύρω τη συμμετοχή μου από, εγκαταλείπω

Italiano (Italian)
optare, scegliere, preferire

idioms:

  • opt in    associarsi a
  • opt out (of)    dissociarsi da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - optar, escolher

idioms:

  • opt in    participar
  • opt out (of)    desistir de

Русский (Russian)
выбрать

idioms:

  • opt in    принять решение в пользу чего-либо
  • opt out (of)    отказаться, уклониться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - optar

idioms:

  • opt in    optar por participar o colaborar
  • opt out    borrarse, desentenderse, abandonar, optar por no participar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - välja
abbr. - optician(optiker), optimal, optics(optik)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
选择

idioms:

  • opt in    决定参加
  • opt out    决定不参加, 决定退出

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 選擇

idioms:

  • opt in    決定參加
  • opt out    決定不參加, 決定退出

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 탈퇴하다

idioms:

  • opt in    ~선택하다
  • opt out    ~에서 손을 떼다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 選ぶ

idioms:

  • opt in    参加を決める
  • opt out (of)    抜ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقرر ( لصالح شي ما) (اختصار) Optical, بصري, مرئي, لمOغكساسحظ, النظاراتي, لمOغكسا البصريات, علم النور والمرئيات, لمOغكسعظحض, اختياري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮העדיף, בחר, ברר‬


 
 

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