Definitions for opinion
əˈpɪn yənopin·ion

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thoughtnoun

   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, viewnoun

   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 populinoun

   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, judgementnoun

   the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

   "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

5. opinion, rulingnoun

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

6. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun

   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(3.63 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opinionnoun

   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. opinionverb

   To have or express as an opinion.

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

Wikipedia(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Opinion

   An opinion is a judgment, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts which are true statements.

Freebase(4.33 / 6 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Belief
   • Idea
   • Judgment
   • Law
   • Legal Document
   • Message

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. Stephane Beyazian:

   Bollore's interests may well differ from those of minority shareholders now, in our opinion, but we continue to see little chance of a change.

2. Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:

   I had expressed an opinion on that offer which had emerged at the time.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   We'll fight Donald Trump in the Congress, we'll fight Donald Trump in the courts and we'll fight Donald Trump in the court of public opinion, what Donald Trump's doing is wrong and the Republicans know it.

4. Dragos Axinte:

   Bartenders are our best salespeople and the opinion leaders.

5. Dennis Riordan:

   I think the 10-1 vote indicates that it was a farce, the greatest impact is the damage it undid. We had a panel opinion that said if you're asked a question on page 78 and you digress before you answer it directly on page 81, you're a federal felon.

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