English words starting with opt

Meanings of Opt:

verb

Make a choice from a range of possibilities.

Usage examples:

Consumers will opt for low-priced goods

Meanings of Opt-out:

phrasal verb

Choose not to participate in something.

Usage examples:

You can opt out of the state pension scheme

Meanings of Optant:

noun

A person who chooses or has chosen.

Meanings of Optate:

verb

To choose, to opt.

Meanings of Optation:

noun

The action of wishing; a wish, a desire.

Meanings of Optative:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a mood of verbs in greek and certain other languages, expressing a wish, equivalent in meaning to english let's or if only.

Usage examples:

This is not simply to avoid criticisms of judgment speech by translating it from the indicative to …

noun

A verb in the optative mood.

Usage examples:

It is difficult not to grin, if ptolemaic land-leases or greek optatives or german monographs make …

Meanings of Opted:

verb

Make a choice from a range of possibilities.

Usage examples:

Consumers will opt for low-priced goods

Meanings of Opthalmologic:

adjective

Ophthalmological.

Meanings of Optic:

adjective

Relating to the eye or vision.

Usage examples:

Vigilance is needed for any features of possible optic neuropathy, such as blurred vision, impaired…

noun

A lens or other optical component in an optical instrument.

Usage examples:

Not only does the lens have the power of some of the white-coloured optics you've seen at sidelines…

Meanings of Optic fiber:

plural noun

Glass or plastic fibers used to send light that contains information or images around curves

Usage examples:

Fiber-optic devices are used in medicine to examine internal organs., the cable tv company is layin…

Meanings of Optical:

adjective

Relating to sight, especially in relation to the action of light.

Usage examples:

Optical illusions

noun

A pair of glasses.

Usage examples:

He pushed his opticals on to the bridge of his nose

Meanings of Optical illusion:

noun

Something that you think you see, but that is not really there

Usage examples:

Some sort of optical illusion makes these things seem to travel faster than they really do.

Meanings of Optically:

adverb

In a way that relates to light or the ability to see, or to what someone sees

Usage examples:

These lightbulbs are bad optically—they cause a lot of glare., the substance is polished to give an…

Meanings of Optician:

noun

A person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases ( ophthalmic optician ) or to make and supply glasses and contact lenses ( dispensing optician ).

Meanings of Opticians:

noun

A person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases ( ophthalmic optician ) or to make and supply glasses and contact lenses ( dispensing optician ).

Meanings of Opticist:

noun

An expert in or student of optics.

Meanings of Opticists:

noun

An expert in or student of optics.

Meanings of Opticity:

noun

The degree of optical activity of a solution, especially as a measure of its concentration in the brewing and food industries.

Meanings of Opticociliary:

adjective

Of or relating to the optic and ciliary nerves (rare).

Meanings of Optics:

noun

A lens or other optical component in an optical instrument.

plural noun

The scientific study of sight and the behaviour of light, or the properties of transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.

Usage examples:

In applied mathematics he studied optics, electricity, telegraphy, capillarity, elasticity, thermod…

Meanings of Optima:

noun

The most favourable situation or level for growth, reproduction, or success.

Usage examples:

The plant grows within a range of 68 and 78°f, the optimum being 74°

adjective

Most conducive to a favourable outcome; best.

Usage examples:

The optimum childbearing age

Meanings of Optimacy:

noun

Government, or a government, by the nobles or upper classes; = "aristocracy"; a state with this form of government.

Meanings of Optimal:

adjective

Best or most favourable; optimum.

Usage examples:

Seeking the optimal solution

Meanings of Optimally:

adverb

In the best or most favourable way.

Usage examples:

To function optimally, the body requires a large range of nutrients

Meanings of Optimate:

noun

A member of the patrician order in ancient rome.

Usage examples:

He privately urged cicero to determined action on behalf of the optimates