Definitions for opinion
əˈpɪn yənopin·ion

Princeton's WordNet(2.43 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought(noun)

   a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

   "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

2. opinion, view(noun)

   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"

3. public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi(noun)

   a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people

   "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

4. opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement(noun)

   the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

   "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

5. opinion, ruling(noun)

   the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

6. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion(noun)

   a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

   "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

Wiktionary(3.43 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion(Noun)

   A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

   Etymology: opinion, opinioun, from and opinion, from opinio, from opinari, the infinitive of opinor.

2. opinion(Verb)

   To have or express as an opinion.

   Etymology: opinion, opinioun, from and opinion, from opinio, from opinari, the infinitive of opinor.

Freebase(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Opinion

   In general, an opinion is a belief about matters commonly considered to be subjective, i.e. it is based on that which is less than absolutely certain, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts. An opinion may be supported by an argument, although people may draw opposing opinions from the same set of facts. Opinions rarely change without new arguments being presented. It can be reasoned that one opinion is better supported by the facts than another by analyzing the supporting arguments. In casual use, the term opinion may be the result of a person's perspective, understanding, particular feelings, beliefs, and desires. It may refer to unsubstantiated information, in contrast to knowledge and fact-based beliefs. Collective or professional opinions are defined as meeting a higher standard to substantiate the opinion.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Opinion

   ō-pin′yun, n. one's belief, judgment: favourable estimation: (Shak.) opinionativeness.—adjs. Opin′ionable, that may be matter of opinion; Opin′ionāted, Opin′ioned, firmly adhering to one's own opinions.—adv. Opin′ionātely (obs.).—adj. Opin′ionātive, unduly attached to one's own opinions: stubborn.—adv. Opin′ionātively.—ns. Opin′ionātiveness; Opin′ionist. [L.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. OPINION

   The prodigal son of Thought. =PUBLIC OPINION= The world's champion pugilist, who has knocked out Law in many a hard fought bout.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion

   An experienced witness, who never saw the ship, yet may legally prove that from the description of her by another witness she was not sea-worthy.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion

   In military proceedings that regard the interior government of an army, this word signifies decision, determination, judgment formed upon matters that have been laid before a court-martial or court of inquiry.

2. opinion

   Officers on courts-martial give their opinion by seniority, beginning with the youngest in rank.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion

   To express a belief, perception or awareness using data, facts, information, proof, research or statistics.

   They knew their opinion was valued when they always asked each other what the other person thought or felt.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 30, 2019  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'opinion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1382

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'opinion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1619

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'opinion' in Nouns Frequency: #487

How to pronounce opinion?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of opinion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of opinion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of opinion in a Sentence

1. Baruch Spinoza:

   Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.

2. Thomas Paine:

   I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies another this right makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   What we're doing here, it is the public opinion, because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach.

4. Steven Glick Junior Steven Glick:

   So with the school paper, they’re school funded, they’re connected to all the students, they’re designed to be a representative of the whole student body, they’re supposed to be neutral, non-partisan, so for them to take a stand, side with one group on this issue, is not in the boundaries of what this paper should try to be accomplishing with their opinion section.

5. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Comment on the picture is an expression of the heart Opinion on the writing is an evaluation of vision, Which determines and intuits the level of knowledge.

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