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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman / Middle French opinion, from Latin opinio, from opinari ‘opine’.

Pronunciation

Noun

opinion (plural opinions)

  1. A thought that a person has formed about a topic or issue.
    I would like to know your opinions on the new systems.
    In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.
    Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
    Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. - Oscar Wilde

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Verb

to opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
    • 1658: But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother — Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)

Translations

have or express as an opinion
  • Dutch: van mening zijn dat, opiniëren
  • Polish: opiniować pl(pl), wydawać opinię pl(pl)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

opinion f. (plural opinions)

  1. opinion

 

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