opine
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈpaɪn/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Verb
editopine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)
- (intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- (intransitive) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
- (intransitive, transitive) to suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
- 1859 Walter Scott: The Waverley Novels
- Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?
- 1870 The Dental Times, Pennsylvanian College of Dental Surgery, Vol VII p 130
- This, I opine, is a correct and fair statement of the case.
- 1859 Walter Scott: The Waverley Novels
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editto have or express an opinion
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to state as an opinion
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Etymology 2
editFrom Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”) + -ine.
Noun
editopine (plural opines)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
Translations
editany of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
Further reading
edit- “opine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “opine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
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- inflection of opiner:
Italian
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Anagrams
editPortuguese
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- inflection of opinar:
Spanish
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- inflection of opinar:
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