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{
"term": "opt",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "opt",
"heSheIt": "opts"
},
"pastSimple": "opted",
"pastParticiple": "opted",
"ingForm": "opting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action",
"sensetop": "opt for/against somethingopt to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After graduating she opted for a career in music.",
"contextForm": "opt for/against something"
},
{
"text": "After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike."
},
{
"text": "Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.",
"contextForm": "opt to do something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɒpt/",
"audio": "op/opt/opt__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɒpts/",
"audio": "op/opt/opts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒptɪd/",
"audio": "op/opt/opted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒptɪŋ/",
"audio": "op/opt/opting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɑːpt/",
"audio": "op/opt/opt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɑːpts/",
"audio": "op/opt/opts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːptɪd/",
"audio": "op/opt/opted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːptɪŋ/",
"audio": "op/opt/opting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: from French opter, from Latin optare ‘choose, wish’."
}