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opinion

[ uh-pin-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

    Synonyms: impression, idea, notion, persuasion

  2. a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
  3. the formal expression of a professional judgment:

    to ask for a second medical opinion.

  4. Law. the formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case.
  5. a judgment or estimate of a person or thing with respect to character, merit, etc.:

    to forfeit someone's good opinion.

  6. Archaic. a favorable estimate; esteem:

    I haven't much of an opinion of him.



opinion

/ əˈpɪnjən /

noun

  1. judgment or belief not founded on certainty or proof
  2. the prevailing or popular feeling or view

    public opinion

  3. evaluation, impression, or estimation of the value or worth of a person or thing
  4. an evaluation or judgment given by an expert

    a medical opinion

  5. the advice given by a barrister or counsel on a case submitted to him or her for a view on the legal points involved
  6. a matter of opinion
    a matter of opinion a point open to question
  7. be of the opinion that
    be of the opinion that to believe that


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Other Words From

  • preo·pinion noun
  • under·o·pinion noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of opinion1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin opīniōn- (stem of opīniō ), derivative of opīnārī “to think, deem”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of opinion1

C13: via Old French from Latin opīniō belief, from opīnārī to think; see opine

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Idioms and Phrases

see form an opinion ; matter of opinion .

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Synonym Study

Opinion, sentiment, view are terms for one's conclusion about something. An opinion is a belief or judgment that falls short of absolute conviction, certainty, or positive knowledge; it is a conclusion that certain facts, ideas, etc., are probably true or likely to prove so: political opinions; an opinion about art; In my opinion this is true. Sentiment (usually pl. ) refers to a rather fixed conviction, usually based on feeling or emotion rather than reasoning: These are my sentiments. View is an estimate of something, an intellectual judgment, a critical survey based on a mental examination, particularly of a public matter: views on governmental planning.

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Example Sentences

Forty-nine percent view Graham unfavorably, while only 34 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Harrison.

Emanuel had decided to participate in the rulemaking after the ethics opinion cleared him to do so.

His opinion differs from that of Danskin or McClain in that Jackson believes the aquifer has been irreversibly tarnished by the contamination and subsequent pumping it out.

I was reminded of this when I read a FiveThirtyEight article on changes in public opinion about reopening the economy.

In my opinion, the Kitchell report dramatically overstates how much it will cost to make the building useful, and how long it will take.

In a bit of foreshadowing, he repeated that opinion in November.

In my opinion I think that the smugglers are real criminals.

Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.

In my opinion Lee was one of the greatest actors of all time.

The police cannot ultimately control public opinion unilaterally.

We resolved to do our best to merit the good opinion which we thus supposed them to entertain of us.

Is the Bible revelation so clear and explicit that no difference of opinion as to its meaning is possible?

For the purpose of ascertaining the Board's powers in this connection the opinion of the Attorney General has been requested.

But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.

He was ordered, however, to keep the Emperor daily informed of the state of public opinion in Spain.

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