opt
/ɑpt/verb1 syllable
Opt means: select as an alternative over another.
Synonyms for opt2
What does opt mean?1
verb
1
select as an alternative over another“I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with opt?12
two syllables
Opt in a sentence
- She never reads manuals, opting for trial and error instead.Nuel
- Avoid using plastic bags for food scraps; opt for compostable bags.Amastan
- I opt to not open up to others.Nuel
- We decided to opt for a more cost-effective alternative for the project.Nuel
- There are a variety of reasons older people are opting for rentals.Hybrid
- Martian colonists initially opted to build habitats underground and in domed enclosures.nonong
- For her fifties outfit she opted for a pencil skirt and a spotted blouse.sundown
- No one could have opted for a worse situation.Miktsoanit
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Forms of opt
as a verb
- past tense
- opted
- present participle
- opting
- third-person singular
- opts
- past participle
- opted