OPINION
\əpˈɪni͡ən], \əpˈɪniən], \ə_p_ˈɪ_n_iə_n]\
Definitions of OPINION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
By Princeton University
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Reputation.
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That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
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Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
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Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
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The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
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To opine.
By Oddity Software
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Reputation.
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That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
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Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
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Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
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The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
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To opine.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Belief; as, that is my opinion; what one thinks about any subject; judgment; the statement of the law bearing upon a case; as, an opinion handed down by a judge; estimation; as, I have a favorable opinion of the man.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Latin] A mental conviction of the truth of some statement founded on probable evidence ;— persuasion of the mind without proof or certain knowledge ; sentiment; notion ;— the judgment which the mind forms of persons or their qualities; especially favourable judgment; good esteem ;— also, fixed or settled judgment or belief ;— the formal decision of a judge, an umpire, a counsellor, &c.
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