{
    "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’."
}