Synonyms: choose, elect, pick out, pick
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɒpt/ |
| Hyphenation | opt |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑪𐑐𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐱𐐹𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) opt | (I) opted |
| (thou) optest | (thou) optedst |
| (he) opts, opteth | (he) opted |
| (we) opt | (we) opted |
| (you) opt | (you) opted |
| (they) opt | (they) opted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) opt | (I) opted |
| (thou) opt | (thou) opted |
| (he) opt | (he) opted |
| (we) opt | (we) opted |
| (you) opt | (you) opted |
| (they) opt | (they) opted |
| Imperative mood | |
| opt | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| opting | opted |
| Afrikaans | kies; verkies |
|---|---|
| Catalan | triar; elegir |
| Czech | volit; vybrat; vybrat si; vybírat; zvolit |
| Danish | vælge |
| Dutch | kiezen |
| English (Old English) | ceosan |
| Esperanto | elekti |
| Faeroese | velja; kjósa |
| Finnish | valita |
| French | adopter; choisir; désigner; opter |
| German | wählen; auswählen; erwählen; aussuchen; auserwählen; eine Auswahl treffen |
| Hungarian | választ |
| Italian | eleggere; scegliere |
| Latin | optare |
| Malay | memilih; pilih |
| Papiamento | eligí; eskohé; kis; skohe |
| Polish | wybierać; wybrać |
| Portuguese | designar; eleger; escolher; nomear; optar |
| Romanian | alege |
| Russian | выбирать; выбрать |
| Saterland Frisian | uutköäre; wääle; wäälje; uutwääle |
| Spanish | elegir; escoger |
| Swedish | kora |
| Thai | เหลิอก |
| Turkish | seçmek |
| West Frisian | ferkieze; kieze |
| Yiddish | אױסקלײַבן |