select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else. Depending on your circumstances you may wish to opt for one method or the other Our students can also opt to stay in residence. To choose not to participate in something: "give individual schools the right to opt out of the local educational authority" (Newsweek). to choose one thing or do one thing instead of another opt for (opter, from optare )