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"etymology_text": "From French opter, from Latin optare “to choose” or \"to select\".",
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"ref": "1872 November 12, “Strasburg Germanised”, in Daily News, London, page 5",
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"ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC",
"text": "The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.",
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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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"(intransitive) To choose; select."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbiram",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "избирам"
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"word": "спирам се на"
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"word": "elekti"
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"word": "päättää"
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"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optieren"
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"word": "sich entscheiden"
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"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optare"
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"word": "optō"
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"word": "opta"
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"sense": "to choose",
"word": "реша́ть"
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"word": "выбира́ть"
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"text": "He opted not to go.",
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"type": "example"
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"text": "They opted against taking the train, preferring the bus.",
"type": "example"
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"text": ".... ardent anti-Germans who had 'opted' for France",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC",
"text": "The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2023 February 22, Stephen Roberts, “Reading... between the lines... to Wales”, in RAIL, number 977, page 59",
"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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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbiram",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "избирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram se na",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "спирам се на"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "elekti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "päättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "valita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to choose",
"word": "opter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "wählen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "sich entscheiden"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "opta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešátʹ",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "реша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vybirátʹ",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "выбира́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "optar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to choose",
"word": "välja"
}
],
"word": "opt"
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