opt (for)

verb

Definition of opt (for)next
as in to choose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opt (for)
  1. choose
  2. select
  3. pick
  4. prefer
Verb
  • War bounty was typically used to fund large-scale projects like this, but the Sultan chose to use treasury funds to finance the building, since the Ottomans had not recently claimed victory in a war.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors.
    Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of choose
Verb
  • Pete Hegseth Trump selected Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defense, praising his status as a combat veteran and role as a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Oprah selected the necklace as one of her Favorite Things of 2024, and the trendy bubble initial design reminds us of necklaces worn by stars like Hailey Bieber.
    Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of select
Verb
  • These are commonly understood as calamities, embarrassments, monumental upsets — pick your descriptor.
    Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Ramirez rarely used the same weapon and picked his victims seemingly at random, even choosing to leave some of them alive.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of pick
Verb
  • Option two is preferred by major oil producers like Saudi Arabia, who want to steer the focus of the discussions toward plastic recycling and waste management, rather than its production.
    Susan Solomon, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
  • However, despite the results, many advertisers still prefer to block such topics, which negatively affects the income of news websites.
    Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of prefer
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