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opt verb [ ɒpt ]

• make a choice from a range of possibilities.
• "consumers will opt for low-priced goods"
Similar: choose, select, pick, pick out, decide on, go for, settle on, plump for/on, single out, take, fix on, pitch on,
Origin: late 19th century: from French opter, from Latin optare ‘choose, wish’.

opt in

• choose to participate in something.
"the database would not include a person's name unless he opted in"

opt out

• choose not to participate in something.
"you can opt out of the state pension scheme"



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