opt (for)

verb

Definition of opt (for)next
as in to choose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opt (for)
  1. choose
  2. select
  3. pick
  4. prefer
Verb
  • Royal, who chose the number of Milan’s last Ballon d’Or winner, Kaka, for himself, has been an expensive calamity.
    James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Rather than help users understand the dizzying number of options and choose the right one, each implementation strong-arms the user into choosing the vendor's preferred choice.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of choose
Verb
  • By Stephanie McNeal December 27, 2024 All products are independently selected by our editors.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Photo: Sean Pavone/Getty Images All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of select
Verb
  • John Phelan, founder of MSD Capital, was picked for secretary of the Navy, and Charles Kushner, father-in-law to Ivanka Trump and founder of Kushner Companies real estate firm, was chosen for ambassador to France.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This is the last poll of 2024, but The Tennessean will pick it back up in January so be looking.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of pick
Verb
  • Rashford prefers to play on the left wing, which is where the captain Son, Werner and Odobert operate.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the past, the Chinese government had preferred financially sound developers over insolvent ones when deciding their eligibility to get government support.
    Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of prefer
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