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opting out

opting out is the present participle and gerund of opt out.

Meaning of opt out

Verb

opt out (third-person singular simple present opts out, present participle opting out, simple past and past participle opted out)

  1. To choose not to participate in something.
    • But it's of no consequence
      There's nothing you can say that is relevant
      You can take my life, but I'll live again
      A thousand deaths that I have left to give
      A thousand deaths that I have left
      'Cause I am the drone
      Opting out of the hive2023, “A Drone Opting Out of the Hive”, performed by Code Orange

Questions about opting out

What is opting out the present participle and gerund of?
Opting out is the present participle and gerund of opt out.

Words near opting out in the dictionary

  1. optimums
  2. Optimus
  3. optineurin
  4. opting
  5. opting in
  6. opting out
  7. option
  8. option button
  9. option buttons
  10. option type
  11. option types

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opting out (page history and authors); opt out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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