opt

English Online Dictionary. What means opt‎? What does opt mean?

English

Etymology

From French opter, from Latin optare “to choose” or "to select".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒpt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑpt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɔpt/

  Rhymes: -ɒpt

Verb

opt (third-person singular simple present opts, present participle opting, simple past and past participle opted)

1. (intransitive) To choose; select.

Derived terms

• opt in, opt-in
• opt out, opt-out
• co-opt

Related terms

• option
• optional

Translations

Anagrams

• OTP, PTO, TPO, pot, top

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• oft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō.

Adverb

opt (comparative optarr, superlative optast)

1. often
   • Hávamál, verse 135

Descendants

References

• “opt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opt/

Numeral

opt

1. eight

Derived terms

• optzeci
• optime