0 past simple and past 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.
We have opted to bring to the discussion some additional concerns rather than respond directly to points raised in the paper.
The participants opted for an initially informal way of further cooperation, with the option of formalization if the cooperation seems successful.
To avoid the problem of variation altogether we opted to choose monosyllabic words with word-final consonants.
Since diffusion in density is the only kind we will encounter in this paper, we have opted for more concise terminology.
We therefore opted for a conservative, nonparametric analysis of comparable data for weight-age combinations.
However, we wanted to keep the simplicity of analysing the data using standard procedures available in any statistical programming package, and therefore opted for exclusion.
Instead of political reform, the regime opted for martial law and political suppression.
The first solution is simple and effective, but we opted for the third alternative because it has fewer limitations.
