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opt-in en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [ˈɔ̟ptˌən] (New-Zealand)
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio Maryland
  • /ˈɑptˌɪn/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɒptˌɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔptˌɪn/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɑpˌtɪn/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From opt + in.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising.
    • They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.

Antonyms

opt-out

Deriveds

double opt-in

Translations (4)

de vorhergehende Einwilligung erfordernd (1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something) · es de adhesión (1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something) · pl uczestniczący (1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something) · de unter vorhergehender Einwilligung (1. The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something)