opted; opting; opts
: to make a choice
especially
: to decide in favor of something
… opted for a tax increase … —
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker After perusing the menu he opted for the prime rib.
1
optical; optician; optics
2
option; optional
Examples of opt in a Sentence
Verb
after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Councilmembers also supported the public’s request to recoup the $154,650 already spent on the license-plate readers, but opted to pursue that issue separately to keep the final resolution focused strictly on contract termination.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Photographed heading to Lattanzi in New York with his colleagues for the week, Storrie opted for a chocolate brown, shearling collared leather jacket by Sandro, a cobalt blue knit, straight-leg blue jeans, and black Saint Laurent penny loafers with white socks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The Senate Judiciary committee amended the bill to give local governments the option to pass an ordinance to opt-out of many provisions of the bill and to address increasing construction costs.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
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Verb
However, that estimate takes into consideration properties that would fall under a number of exemptions proposed by Elo-Rivera, as well as those instances where owners opt to sell their properties or convert them to short- and long-term rentals.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Councilmembers also supported the public’s request to recoup the $154,650 already spent on the license-plate readers, but opted to pursue that issue separately to keep the final resolution focused strictly on contract termination.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Photographed heading to Lattanzi in New York with his colleagues for the week, Storrie opted for a chocolate brown, shearling collared leather jacket by Sandro, a cobalt blue knit, straight-leg blue jeans, and black Saint Laurent penny loafers with white socks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
The Senate Judiciary committee amended the bill to give local governments the option to pass an ordinance to opt-out of many provisions of the bill and to address increasing construction costs.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for opt
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“Opt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opt. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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