different between opt vs option

English

Etymology

From French opter, from Latin optare “to choose” or "to select"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pt/

• Rhymes: -?pt

Verb

opt (third-person singular simple present opts, present participle opting, simple past and past participle opted)

1. (intransitive) To choose; select.

   He opted not to go.

   She opted for the salad rather than the steak.

Derived terms

• opt in
• opt out
• co-opt

Related terms

• option
• optional

Translations

Anagrams

• OTP, PTO, TPO, pot, top

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• oft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uft?.

Adverb

opt (comparative optarr, superlative optast)

1. often
   • Hávamál, verse 135

Descendants

References

• opt in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin oct?, from Proto-Indo-European *o?t?w.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opt/

Numeral

opt

1. eight

Derived terms

• optzeci
• optime

English

Etymology

From French option, from Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??n/

Noun

option (plural options)

1. One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from the mid-18th c.]

Synonyms

• alternative
• choice
• possibility
• See also Thesaurus:option

Hypernyms

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative

Hyponyms

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

Derived terms

• optionable
• optional
• option button
• stock option

Related terms

• opt
• optimal
• optimise, optimize
• optimism
• optimist
• optimistic

Translations

Verb

option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)

1. To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]

   The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.

2. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
   • 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy

     The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

Further reading

• option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• option in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• potion

Finnish

Noun

option

1. Genitive singular form of optio.

Anagrams

• opinto, opinto-

French

Etymology

From Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”).

Pronunciation

Noun

option f (plural options)

1. option

Further reading

• “option” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).