opt
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opt/ɒpt/
▶verb
- 1 make a choice.
- 2 (opt out) choose not to participate.
■ Brit. (of a school or hospital) decide to withdraw from local authority control.
– origin C19: from Fr. opter, from L. optare ‘choose’.
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