English dictionary: words starting with opt
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verbMake a choice from a range of possibilities.
Usage examples:
Consumers will opt for low-priced goods
phrasal verbChoose not to participate in something.
Usage examples:
You can opt out of the state pension scheme
adjectiveSubject to choice; optional.
Optant
ˈɒpt(ə)ntnounA person who chooses or has chosen.
verbTo choose, to opt.
nounThe action of wishing; a wish, a desire.
adjectiveRelating 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.
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This is not simply to avoid criticisms of judgment speech by translating it from the indicative to …
nounA verb in the optative mood.
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It is difficult not to grin, if ptolemaic land-leases or greek optatives or german monographs make …
nounA verb in the optative mood.
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It is difficult not to grin, if ptolemaic land-leases or greek optatives or german monographs make …
adjectiveRelating 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 …
verbMake a choice from a range of possibilities.
Usage examples:
Consumers will opt for low-priced goods
adjectiveOphthalmological.
adjectiveRelating to the eye or vision.
Usage examples:
Vigilance is needed for any features of possible optic neuropathy, such as blurred vision, impaired…
nounA 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…
plural nounGlass 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…
adjectiveRelating to sight, especially in relation to the action of light.
Usage examples:
Optical illusions
nounA pair of glasses.
Usage examples:
He pushed his opticals on to the bridge of his nose
nounSomething 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.
adverbIn a way that relates to light or the ability to see, or to what someone sees
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These lightbulbs are bad optically—they cause a lot of glare., the substance is polished to give an…
nounA 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 ).
nounA 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 ).
nounAn expert in or student of optics.
nounAn expert in or student of optics.
nounThe degree of optical activity of a solution, especially as a measure of its concentration in the brewing and food industries.
adjectiveOf or relating to the optic and ciliary nerves (rare).
nounA lens or other optical component in an optical instrument.
plural nounThe 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…
nounThe 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°
adjectiveMost conducive to a favourable outcome; best.
Usage examples:
The optimum childbearing age
nounGovernment, or a government, by the nobles or upper classes; = "aristocracy"; a state with this form of government.
adjectiveBest or most favourable; optimum.
Usage examples:
Seeking the optimal solution
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