opt Definition

opt
verb

intr
opted, opting
1. To decide between several possibilities; to choose.

Thesaurus: choose, elect, decide, select, pick, prefer.
Form: opt for something (usually)
Form: opt to do something

Etymology: 19c: from French opter, from Latin optare to choose or wish.

Phrasal Verb: opt in

To choose to take part or participate in something.

Phrasal Verb: opt out

To choose not to take part in something.Said of a school or hospital: to leave local authority control and become, respectively, a grant maintained school or a hospital trust. See also opt-out.