opted; opting; opts
: to make a choice
especially
: to decide in favor of something
opted for a tax increase —
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker After perusing the menu he opted for the prime rib.
1
optical; optician; optics
2
option; optional
Examples of opt in a Sentence
Verb
after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service
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Scott White, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Amid a global luxury downturn where several shoppers have tightened their purse strings, many designers have opted to prioritize commercial viability.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Allowing families to opt their children out of reading our books hurts the children whose lives and families are reflected in those books.
—Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Moore’s proposal to double the state’s standard deduction would provide a tax break to Marylanders who opt not to itemize their income tax deductions — many of them low- and middle-income.
—Paul Kiefer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Students who opt to take the March 22 makeup test would be required to cancel their March 8 scores, which could potentially mean some losing valid verbal (or in some cases, math) scores that were not affected by the glitch.
—Scott White, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Amid a global luxury downturn where several shoppers have tightened their purse strings, many designers have opted to prioritize commercial viability.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Allowing families to opt their children out of reading our books hurts the children whose lives and families are reflected in those books.
—Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Moore’s proposal to double the state’s standard deduction would provide a tax break to Marylanders who opt not to itemize their income tax deductions — many of them low- and middle-income.
—Paul Kiefer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Opt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opt. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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