"opt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɒpt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑpt/ [General-American], /ɔpt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-opt.ogg Forms: opts [present, singular, third-person], opting [participle, present], opted [participle, past], opted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒpt Etymology: First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1853}} First attested in 1853, {{bor+|en|fr|opter|nocap=1}} borrowed from French opter, {{uder|en|la|optō||to choose; to select}} Latin optō (“to choose; to select”), {{dbt|en|optate}} Doublet of optate Head templates: {{en-verb}} opt (third-person singular simple present opts, present participle opting, simple past and past participle opted)
  1. (intransitive) To choose; select. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: opt in, opt-in, opt out, opt-out Related terms: adopt, co-opt, optant, optate, optation, optative, option, optional Translations (to choose): избирам (izbiram) (Bulgarian), спирам се на (spiram se na) (Bulgarian), optar (Catalan), elekti (Esperanto), päättää (Finnish), valita (Finnish), opter (French), optieren (German), wählen (German), sich entscheiden (German), optare (Italian), optō (Latin), optar (Portuguese), opta (Romanian), реша́ть (rešátʹ) (Russian), выбира́ть (vybirátʹ) (Russian), optar (Spanish), välja (Swedish)

Adverb [Old Norse]

Forms: optarr [comparative], optast [superlative], oft [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*ufta}} Proto-Germanic *ufta Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} opt, {{non-adv|optarr|optast}} opt (comparative optarr, superlative optast)
  1. often
    Sense id: en-opt-non-adv-k8aBSPSs Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Numeral [Romanian]

IPA: /opt/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-opt.wav , LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-opt.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ro|la|octō|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin octō, {{inh+|ro|la|octō}} Inherited from Latin octō, {{inh|ro|ine-pro|*oḱtṓw}} Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Head templates: {{head|ro|numeral}} opt
  1. eight Derived forms: optzeci, optime

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: Abbreviation of English Opata. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|mul|en:Opata}} Abbreviation of English Opata Head templates: {{mul-symbol/script|Latn}} Latn, {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|image=|nolinkhead=|sc=Latn|sort=}} opt, {{mul-symbol}} opt
  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Opata. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Opata terms

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Chepstow is good for excursions, and Bradshaw tells me I can get a fly to Tintern Abbey, although the fare structure seems particularly complicated. Alternatively, I could go for a simpler choice and just opt for \"single horse, 1s\", although I doubt I'd survive to tell the tale.",
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