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o·pin·ion  (-pnyn)

n.

1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: "The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion" (Elizabeth Drew).

2. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.

3. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.

4. The prevailing view: public opinion.

5. Law A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin opni, opnin-, from opnr, to think.]

Synonyms: opinion, view, sentiment, feeling, belief, conviction, persuasion
These nouns signify something a person believes or accepts as being sound or true. Opinion is applicable to a judgment based on grounds insufficient to rule out the possibility of dispute: "A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible" (Woodrow Wilson).
View stresses individuality of outlook: "My view is . . . that freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have or the views they express" (Hugo L. Black).
Sentiment and especially feeling stress the role of emotion as a determinant: "If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences . . . reason is of no use to us" (George Washington). "There needs protection . . . against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling" (John Stuart Mill).
A belief is a conclusion to which one subscribes strongly: "Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it" (Karl Popper).
Conviction is belief that excludes doubt: "the editor's own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest" (Walter Lippmann).
Persuasion applies to a confidently held opinion: "He had a strong persuasion that Likeman was wrong" (H.G. Wells).

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opinion [əˈpɪnjən]

n

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. (Law) the advice given by a barrister or counsel on a case submitted to him or her for a view on the legal points involved

a matter of opinion a point open to question

be of the opinion (that) to believe (that)

[via Old French from Latin opīniō belief, from opīnārī to think; see opine]

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Opinion

See also ideas.

heterodoxy

1. the state of being at variance with established doctrines or beliefs.
2. a heterodox view or belief.

opinionist

a person fond of his own opinions and of making them known.

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Opinion 

See Also: IDEAS

1. As men grow older, their opinions, like their diseases, grow chronic —Josh Billings

   In Billings’ original dialect: Az men gro older their opinuns like thier diseazes, grow kronick.

2. Carried and opened this attitude like an umbrella —Delmore Schwartz
3. Observations … are like children’s cradles … sometimes empty, sometimes full of noisy imbecility, and often lulling to sleep —Sydney Smith

   Smith modestly applied this simile to his own observations.

4. Of three minds, like a tree in which there are three blackbirds —Wallace Stevens
5. Opinion gathered like a cloud and danced and then seemed to freeze —H. E. Bates
6. Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the center of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other —Arthur Schopenhauer

   Schopenhauer continued his simile like this: “And it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.”

7. Opinion polls: polls are like sleeping pills designed to lull the public into sleeping on election day. You might call them “sleeping polls” —Harry S. Truman
8. Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people, as rain unto the sea —Charles Caleb Colton
9. Opinions, like the temperaments, fell rapidly into pre-established categories —Marguerite Yourcenar
10. Opinions richocheted through the gathering like hyperactive pheromones —Susan Ferraro, New York Times/Hers, Feburary 19, 1987
11. Opinions stout as oak —Phyllis McGinley
12. Passed opinions like gas —Rita Mae Brown
13. Played with our ideas like jacks, pressing our fingertips against their sharp points and round protuberances, testing how many we could scoop up at once —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
14. Public opinion in this country runs like a shower bath. We have no temperature between hot and cold —Heywood Broun

    Broun’s public opinion simile is amongst the best known witticisms born at the famed Algonquin Round Table.

15. Sweeping judgments which are so common are meaningless … like men who salute a whole crowd of people in the mass —Michel De Montaigne
16. The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind —William Blake
17. The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can’t see it —but, all the same, it is sixteen pounds to the square inch —James R. Lowell, interview with Julian Hawthorne, New York Times, April 2, 1922
18. The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered —Samuel Butler
19. Tosses off insights like the spray from a speedboat —Anon comment about an author’s work

    Like many such complimentary similes, this one was later featured in an ad for the work thus praised.

20. To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	opinion - 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?" persuasion, sentiment, thought, view idea - a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" judgment, judgement, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" belief - any cognitive content held as true eyes - opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" pole - one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" political sympathies, politics - the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
	2.	opinion - 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" view subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about adverse opinion - an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, guess, conjecture, hypothesis - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence side, position - an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
	3.	opinion - a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi belief - any cognitive content held as true
	4.	opinion - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" judgement, legal opinion, judgment legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning dissenting opinion - an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case majority opinion - the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States" dictum, obiter dictum - an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	5.	opinion - the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) ruling judicial decision, judgment, judgement - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it fatwa - a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	6.	opinion - 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" impression, notion, belief, feeling idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" presence - the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force" effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" first blush - at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

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opinion

noun

1. belief, feeling, view, idea, theory, notion, conviction, point of view, sentiment, viewpoint, persuasion, conjecture Most who expressed an opinion spoke favourably of him.

2. estimation, view, impression, assessment, judgment, evaluation, conception, appraisal, considered opinion That has improved my already favourable opinion of him.

be of the opinion believe, think, hold, consider, judge, suppose, maintain, imagine, guess (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), reckon, conclude, be convinced, speculate, presume, conjecture, postulate, surmise, be under the impression Frank is of the opinion that there has been a cover-up.

in your opinion in your view, personally, to your mind, as you see it, (according) to your way of thinking He's not making a very good job of it, in my opinion.

matter of opinion debatable point, debatable, open question, open to question, moot point, open for discussion, matter of judgment Whether or not it is a work of art is a matter of opinion.

Quotations
"There are as many opinions as there are people; each has his own correct way" [Terence Phormio]
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common" [John Locke Essay concerning Human Understanding]
"A man can brave opinion, a woman must submit to it" [Mme de Staël Delphine]
"Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct" [Jane Austen Mansfield Park]
"A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind" [John Maynard Keynes The End of Laissez-Faire]
"They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that mislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion" [Thomas Hobbes Leviathan]
"Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making" [John Milton Areopagitica]

Translations

opinion [əˈpɪnjən]

A. N

1. (= belief, view) → opinión f
what's your opinion of him? → ¿qué opinas de él? → ¿qué opinión te merece?
what's your opinion of this book? → ¿qué opinas de este libro? → ¿qué opinión te merece este libro?
well, that's my opinion → por lo menos eso pienso yo
to ask sb's opinion (on or about sth) → pedir a algn su opinión or parecer(sobre or acerca de algo)
when I want your opinion I'll ask for it! → ¡cuando quiera saber tu opinión, te la pediré!
if you ask my opinion, he's hiding something → mi opinión es que está ocultando algo
there are differences of opinion as to what happened → hay discordancia or discrepancia de opiniones respecto a lo que pasó
to form an opinion of sth/sb → formarse una opinión sobre algo/algn
to have or hold an opinion on or about sth → tener una opinión sobre or acerca de algo
many people have very strong opinions about this → mucha gente tiene opiniones muy definidas sobre or acerca de esto
she held the opinion that → opinaba que ...
to have a high or good opinion of sth/sb → tener un alto concepto de algo/algn, tener muy buena opinión de algo/algn
to have a poor or low opinion of sth/sb → tener un bajo concepto de algo/algn, tener muy mala opinión de algo/algn
she has a very low opinion of herself → tiene un concepto muy bajo de sí misma
I haven't much of an opinion of him → no tengo un alto concepto de él → no tengo muy buena opinión de él
in my opinion → en mi opinión, a mi juicio
it's a matter of opinion → es cuestión de opiniones
to be of the opinion that → opinar que ...

2. (= judgment) → opinión f
we need an expert opinion → necesitamos la opinión de un experto
could you give us your professional opinion? → ¿nos puede dar su opinión(como)profesional?
to seek a second opinion → pedir una segunda opinión

3. (= the prevailing view) → opinión f
he is in a position to influence opinion → está en una posición en la que puede ejercer influencia sobre las opiniones
medical opinion was divided over the case → la opinión médica estaba dividida con respecto al caso
they are trying to turn world opinion against the United States → están intentando poner al mundo entero en contra de Estados Unidos
see also consensus, public C

B. CPD opinion poll N → sondeo m (de opinión)

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opinion [əˈpɪnjən] n → opinion f, avis m
He asked me my opinion → Il m'a demandé mon avis.
I wasn't asking for your opinion → Je ne te demandais pas ton avis.
in my opinion → à mon avis
in his opinion → à son avis
what's your opinion? → qu'est-ce vous en pensez?
to express one's opinion → exprimer son avis
if you want my opinion → si vous voulez mon avis
a difference of opinion (= disagreement) → une différence d'opinion
opinion is divided → les avis sont partagés
to seek a second opinion → demander un deuxième avis
a favourable opinion of sb/sth → une opinion favorable de qn/qch
to have a high opinion of sb/sth → avoir une haute opinion de qn/qch
to have a high opinion of o.s. → avoir une haute opinion de soi
to be of the opinion that ... → être d'avis que ...

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opinion

n

(= belief, view) → Meinung f → (about, on zu), Ansicht f → (about, on zu); (political, religious) → Anschauung f; in my opinion → meiner Meinung or Ansicht nach, meines Erachtens; in the opinion of the experts → nach Ansicht der Experten; to be of the opinion that … → der Meinung or Ansicht sein, dass …; to express or put forward an opinion → seine Meinung äußern or vorbringen; to ask somebody’s opinion → jdn nach seiner Meinung fragen; it is a matter of opinion → das ist Ansichtssache; I have no opinion about it or on the matter → dazu habe ich keine Meinung

no pl (= estimation) → Meinung f; to have a good or high/low or poor opinion of somebody/something → eine gute or hohe/keine gute or eine schlechte Meinung von jdm/etw haben; to form an opinion of somebody/something → sich (dat) → eine Meinung über jdn/etw bilden

(= professional advice) → Gutachten nt; (esp Med) → Befund m; it is the opinion of the court that … → das Gericht ist zu der Auffassung or Ansicht gekommen, dass …; to seek or get a second opinion (esp Med) → ein zweites Gutachten or einen zweiten Befund einholen

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opinion [əˈpɪnjən] n (belief, view) → opinione f, parere m
public opinion → opinione pubblica
in my opinion → secondo me, a mio avviso
in the opinion of those who know → secondo gli esperti
it's a matter of opinion → è discutibile or opinabile
what is your opinion of him? → tu che cosa pensi di lui?
to be of the opinion that ... → essere dell'opinione che..., ritenere che...
to ask sb's opinion → chiedere il parere di qn, consultare qn
to give one's opinion → dare il proprio parere
to form an opinion of sb/sth → farsi un'opinione di qn/qc
to have a high/poor opinion of sb → avere/non avere un'alta opinione di qn, stimare molto/poco qn
to have a high opinion of o.s. (pej) → avere un'alta opinione di sé, credersi chissà chi
to seek a second opinion (Med) → consultare un altro medico

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opinion

n opinion [əˈpinjən]

1 what a person thinks or believes My opinions about education have changed. mening, siening, opinie رأي мнение názor mening; holdning die Meinung γνώμη, άποψη opinión arvamus عقیده mielipide opinion דֵעָה विचार mišljenje, stav vélemény pendapat álit, skoðun opinione 意見 의견 nuomonė, pažiūra, požiūris uzskats; domas pendapat opinie mening, oppfatning pogląd, zdanie opinião opinie, părere взгляд; убеждение názor mnenje mišljenje mening, åsikt ความเห็น görüş, düşünce, fikir 見解 думка, погляд رائے ý kiến 见解

2 a (professional) judgement, usually of a doctor, lawyer etc He wanted a second opinion on his illness. opinie, advies وُجْهَة نَظَر мнение posudek vurdering das Gutachten επαγγελματική γνώμη opinión hinnang نظر کارشناس lausunto avis חַווַת-דַעַת राय mišljenje szakvélemény penilaian álit parere 判断 전문적인 의견 patarimas, konsiliumas, išvada viedoklis pendapat advies uttalelse, vurdering, bedømmelse porada opinião opinie, părere заключение специалиста posudok mnenje mišljenje []utlåtande การประเมิน profesyonel görüş ve tavsiye 鑑定，判斷 висновок фахівця پيشہ ورانہ فيصلہ sự đánh giá 鉴定，判断

3 what one thinks of the worth or value of someone or something I have a very high opinion of his work. dunk تَقْدير، فِكْرَه حَسَنَه عن оценка mínění tanke; opfattelse die Meinung γνώμη για κπ. ή για κτ. opinión arvamus نظر käsitys opinion דֵעָה विचार mišljenje, dojam vélemény penghargaan álit opinione 評価 호의적인 평가 nuomonė, įvertinimas domas; vērtējums anggapan dunk stor tillit; oppfatning ocena opinião părere оценка; мнение mienka mnenje mišljenje tanke, tankar ทัศนคติ düşünce 評價 думка قيمت sự đánh giá cao 评价

be of the opinion (that)

to think He is of the opinion that nothing more can be done. van gedagte/mening/oordeel wees من رَأيِه، يَعْتَقِد на мнение съм být názoru, že mene der Meinung sein, daß είμαι της γνώμης opinar que arvamusel olema عقیده داشتن که olla jtn mieltä être d'avis que בְּדֵעָה यह मत है कि držati, misliti azon a véleményen van, hogy berpikir vera þeirrar skoðunar (að) essere dell'opinione che ～と思う ...라 생각하다 manyti domāt; uzskatīt berpendapat van mening zijn ha den oppfatning (at), mene być zdania ser da opinião (de que) a fi de părere că полагать(, что) byť takého názoru, že meniti smatrati vara av den åsikten คิด ... düşüncesinde olmak ...認為... вважати رائے رکھنا cho rằng ...认为...

in my, your etc opinion

according to what I, you etc think In my opinion, he's right. volgens my/jou mening في رأيِ، في اعْتِقاد по мое мнение podle ... názoru efter min mening nach meiner, deiner, etc. Meinung κατά τη γνώμη μου en mi/tu etc opinión minu meelest به نظر minun/sinun jne. mielestä à mon/votre, etc. avis לְדַעֲתִי मेरे मत, विचार po mojem mišljenju, sudu véleményem szerint menurut pikiran, pendapat að mínu áliti secondo me/te ～の考えによると 내 생각에는 mano, tavo... nuomone pēc manām (tavām, ...) domām pd pendapat saya naar mijn mening etter min/din osv. mening moim/twoim itp. zdaniem na (minha) opinião după pă­rerea mea/ta etc. по-моему podľa môjho (tvojho ap.) názoru po mojem mnenju po mom mišljenju enligt min (din) åsikt ในความคิดของ ...- e göre 依某人的看法 на мою думку ميري رائے ميں، آپ کي رائے ميں theo tôi 依某人的看法

a matter of opinion

something about which different people (may) have different opinions Whether it is better to marry young or not is a matter of opinion. verskil van mening مَسْألَة رأي въпрос на гледна точка věc názoru et holdningsspørgsmål die Ansichtssache θέμα άποψης ser discutible maitseasi موضوعی که نظرات مختلفی درباره آن وجود دارد mielipidekysymys affaire d'opinion עִנייָן שֶׁל הַשקָפָה विवादास्पद बात stvar mišljenja felfogás kérdése soal pendapat álitamál una questione d'opinione 考え方次第 견해상의 문제 ginčijamas dalykas strīdīgs/diskutējams jautājums cuma pendapat sahaja kwestie van zienswijze smakssak, skjønnssak kwestia zapatrywania uma questão de opinião chestiune de opinie спорный вопрос vec názoru stvar prepričanja stvar mišljenja en fråga om tycke och smak, en fråga som man kan ha olika åsikter om เรื่องที่ถกเถียงกันได้ (kişisel) bir görüş meselesi 看法不同的問題 спірне питання مختلف فيہ một vấn đề còn tranh cãi 看法不同的问题

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opinion → رَأْي názor mening Meinung γνώμη opinión mielipide opinion mišljenje opinione 意見 의견 mening mening opinia opinião мнение åsikt ความคิดเห็น fikir ý kiến 看法