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opt

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"Choose"

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3 lettersPronunciation /ɒpt/Part of speech verbSorted optStarts with OEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. select as an alternative over another

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • “He opted not to go.”
  • “She opted for the salad rather than the steak.”
  • “They opted against taking the train, preferring the bus.”

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