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From Anglo-Norman / Middle French opinion, from Latin opinio, from opinari ‘opine’.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular opinion |
Plural opinions |
opinion (plural opinions)
- A thought that a person has formed about a topic or issue.
- I would like to know your opinions on the new project.
- 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
Derived terms
- advisory opinion
- be of the opinion
- concurring opinion
- have an opinion
- in my humble opinion/IMHO
- in my opinion
- in one's opinion
- opinion poll
- public opinion
- scientific opinion
- second opinion
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Verb
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Infinitive to opinion |
Third person singular opinions |
Simple past opinioned |
Past participle opinioned |
Present participle opinioning |
to opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)
- (transitive) 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
To have or express as an opinion
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Pronunciation
Noun
opinion f. (plural opinions)
- opinion
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