opinion (əˈpɪnjən
)
Definitions
noun
- judgment or belief not founded on certainty or proof
- the prevailing or popular feeling or view ⇒
public opinion
- evaluation, impression, or estimation of the value or worth of a person or thing
- an evaluation or judgment given by an expert ⇒
a medical opinion
- the advice given by a barrister or counsel on a case submitted to him or her for a view on the legal points involved
- See a matter of opinion
- See be of the opinion that
Word Origin
C13: via Old French from Latin opīniō belief, from opīnārī to think; see opineSynonyms
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belief,
feeling,
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theory,
notion,
conviction,
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estimation,
view,
impression,
assessment,
judgment,
evaluation,
conception,
appraisal,
considered opinion
Quotations
"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still"
"There are as many opinions as there are people; each has his own correct way"
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common"
"A man can brave opinion, a woman must submit to it"
"Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct"
"A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind"
"When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch"
"They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that mislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion"
"Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making"
Translations
- British English:
opinion
Your opinion about something is what you think or believe about it.I wasn't asking for your opinion.əˈpɪnjən NOUN I wasn't asking for your opinion.
- Spanish:
opinión
nm
- French:
opinion
nf
- German:
Meinung
nf
- Chinese: 看法 n
- Arabic: رَأيٌ n
- Portuguese: opinião nf
- Russian: мнение nnt
- Croatian: mišljenje nnt
- Czech: názor nm
- Danish: mening nutr
- Dutch: mening nf
- Finnish: mielipide n
- Greek: γνώμη nf
- Italian: opinione nf
- Japanese: 意見 n
- Korean: 의견 n
- Norwegian: mening nm
- Polish: opinia nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: opinião nf
- European Spanish:
opinión
nm
- Swedish: åsikt nutr
- Thai: ความคิดเห็น n
- Turkish: fikir n
- Vietnamese: ý kiến n
Usage examples
My opinion of T. R. Harris's bottle had just gone up a hundred per cent.
, KICK BACK (2002)Their opinion could provoke a rethink of the guidelines on exposure to radiation.
New Scientist (2004)This corroborated the opinion of Chief Supt Michael Murphy that Redmond was a member of an unlawful organisation.
Irish Times (2002)The rights group also claimed that American public opinion towards the death penalty is beginning to sour.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Ask mental questions and allow the pendulum to give its opinion.
, WILD WITCHCRAFT: A Guide to Natural, Herbal and Earth Magic (2002)