opt
v.v. to make a choice from a list of possibilities. You use this when you decide to do one thing instead of another.
v. to make a choice from a range of possibilities. Intransitive; requires a prepositional phrase to indicate the selected option.
Many students opt to study from home.
After reviewing the high cost of city living, the couple decided to opt for a smaller apartment in the suburbs.
Faced with a volatile market, many investors opt for stable government bonds rather than riskier equity portfolios to protect their capital.
First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate.
The verb is intransitive and typically takes the preposition 'for' before a noun or 'to' before an infinitive.
I opt the blue carI opt for the blue carOpt is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; it requires the preposition 'for' before a noun.