0 present participle of opt --
1 to make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others: --
[ + to infinitive ] Most people opt to have the operation.
Mike opted for early retirement.
Given these concerns, he supports an opting-in approach that requires consent for posthumous organ procurement.
Sometimes participants in a joint activity will disagree so radically that they will feel they are better off opting out of the joint endeavor altogether.
This opting out of responsibility would not have been possible with her husband.
Only slight differences were obtained across groups for main apology and complaint strategies, with a higher incidence of opting out among the lower proficiency groups.
But because we now operate under an opting-in system, the victim's family is asked for permission.
Opinions were split however about the importance of friends opting for the subject.
Losers may eventually consider some version of opting out of the political system - in particular, abstention from future political activity.
In this work, the environment is characterised by two negotiators, time constraints, deadlines, full information and the possibility of opting out.
