"opt-in" meaning in English

See opt-in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-opt-in.ogg
Etymology: From opt + in. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|opt|in}} opt + in Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} opt-in (not comparable)
  1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: double opt-in Translations (1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something): unter vorhergehender Einwilligung (German), vorhergehende Einwilligung erfordernd (German), de adhesión [feminine] (Spanish)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opt-out"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "opt",
        "3": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "opt + in",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From opt + in.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "opt-in (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "double opt-in"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising."
      ],
      "id": "en-opt-in-en-adj-tmIn-F5-",
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "default",
          "default"
        ],
        [
          "exclusion",
          "exclusion"
        ],
        [
          "avoidance",
          "avoidance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
          "word": "unter vorhergehender Einwilligung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
          "word": "vorhergehende Einwilligung erfordernd"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "vorherige, ausdrückliche Zustimmung benötigend",
          "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "de adhesión"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-opt-in.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-opt-in.ogg/En-us-opt-in.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-opt-in.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opt-in"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opt-out"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "double opt-in"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "opt",
        "3": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "opt + in",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From opt + in.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "opt-in (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "default",
          "default"
        ],
        [
          "exclusion",
          "exclusion"
        ],
        [
          "avoidance",
          "avoidance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-opt-in.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-opt-in.ogg/En-us-opt-in.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-opt-in.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
      "word": "unter vorhergehender Einwilligung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
      "word": "vorhergehende Einwilligung erfordernd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "vorherige, ausdrückliche Zustimmung benötigend",
      "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "de adhesión"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opt-in"
}

Download raw JSONL data for opt-in meaning in English (2.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "opt-in"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "opt-in",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.