opinion

English edit

Etymology edit

From English opine +‎ -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /əˈpɪnjən/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: opin‧ion
Rhymes: -ɪnjən

Noun edit

opinion (countable and uncountable, plural opinions)

A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.

In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.

We invite you to state your opinions about the suggestions.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist:
  Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii], page 135, column 1, line 32:
  I haue bought / Golden Opinions from all ſorts of people, […]
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
  Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
(obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], signature K2, verso:
  Thou haſt redeemed thy loſt opinion, […]
- 1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 70:
  This gain’d Agricola much opinion; who […] had made ſuch early progreſs into laborious […] enterpriſes.
(obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 3–6:
  […] your reaſons at Dinner haue been ſharpe & ſententious: pleaſant without ſcurillitie, wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie, learned without opinion, and ſtrange without hereſie: […]
The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
(European Union law) A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.

Synonyms edit

take (noun)
view

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Translations edit

thought a person has formed about a topic

Albanian: mendim (sq) m
Arabic: رَأْي m (raʔy), نَظَر (ar) m (naẓar), فِكْر (ar) m (fikr), عَقِيدَة (ar) f (ʕaqīda)
Hijazi Arabic: رَإِي m (raʔi)
Armenian: կարծիք (hy) (karcikʻ)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: opinión (ast) f
Azerbaijani: fikir (az), rəy (az), nəzər (az)
Bashkir: фекер (feker), уй (uy)
Basque: iritzi
Belarusian: зда́нне n (zdánnje), ду́мка (be) f (dúmka), пагля́д m (pahljád), по́гляд m (póhljad)
Bengali: অভিমতি (obhimoti), নজর (bn) (nojor)
Bulgarian: мне́ние (bg) n (mnénie), въ́зглед (bg) m (vǎ́zgled), схва́щане (bg) n (shváštane)
Burmese: ဆန္ဒ (my) (hcanda.), အထင် (my) (a.htang)
Buryat: һанал (hanal)
Catalan: opinió (ca) f, parer (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 意見／意见 (ji³ gin³), 睇法 (tai² faat³)

Dungan: йиҗян (yiži͡an)

Hokkien: 意見／意见 (zh-min-nan) (ì-kiàn)

Mandarin: 意見／意见 (zh) (yìjiàn), 看法 (zh) (kànfǎ), 見解／见解 (zh) (jiànjiě)
Czech: názor (cs) m, posudek (cs) m
Danish: mening c
Dutch: mening (nl) f, opinie (nl) f, visie (nl) f, zienswijze (nl) f, gedachte (nl) f
Esperanto: opinio
Estonian: arvamus (et)
Finnish: mielipide (fi), näkemys (fi), mieli (fi)
French: avis (fr) m, opinion (fr) f
Friulian: parè
Galician: opinión (gl) f
Georgian: აზრი (ka) (azri), მოსაზრება (mosazreba), შეხედულება (šexeduleba)
German: Meinung (de) f, Ansicht (de) f, Anschauung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (mitōns)
Greek: γνώμη (el) f (gnómi), άποψη (el) f (ápopsi)
Ancient: γνώμη f (gnṓmē)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: דֵעָה (he) f (de'á)
Hindi: विचार (hi) m (vicār), राय (hi) f (rāy), ख़याल m (xayāl), अभिमत (hi) (abhimat), नज़र m (nazar)
Hungarian: vélemény (hu), nézet (hu), szakvélemény (hu)
Icelandic: álit
Ido: opiniono (io)
Indonesian: opini (id) pendapat (id)
Irish: tuairim (ga), meas m, barúil (ga) f
Italian: opinione (it) f, concetto (it) m, parere (it), giudizio (it) m
Japanese: 意見 (ja) (いけん, iken), 見解 (ja) (けんかい, kenkai)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: пікір (pıkır), ой (kk) (oi)
Khalaj: aqîdə
Khmer: យោបល់ (km) (yoobɑl), មតិ (km) (mĕəʼteʼ), គំនិត (km) (kumnɨt)
Korean: 의견(意見) (ko) (uigyeon), 견해(見解) (ko) (gyeonhae)
Kyrgyz: пикир (ky) (pikir), ой (ky) (oy)
Lao: ຄວາມເຫັນ (khuām hen), ທັດສະນະ (that sa na), ສຽງ (lo) (sīang)
Latgalian: redzīņs m
Latin: ōpīniō f, sententia f, iudicium (la) n
Latvian: doma f
Lithuanian: nuomonė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Meenung (lb) f, Avis (lb) m, Usiicht f
Macedonian: мислење n (mislenje), мнение n (mnenie)
Malay: pendapat (ms)
Malayalam: അഭിപ്രായം (ml) (abhiprāyaṁ)
Maltese: fehma f, opinjoni f
Mingrelian: არზი (arzi)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: санал (mn) (sanal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mening (no) m or f, synspunkt (no) n
Occitan: opinion (oc) f
Old English: wēna m
Ottoman Turkish: بیلك (bilek), آرا (ara)
Persian: نظر (fa) (nazar), عقیده (fa) ('aqide), رأی (fa) (ra'y), فکر (fa) (fekr)
Polish: opinia (pl) f, zdanie (pl) n, pogląd (pl) m
Portuguese: opinião (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: părere (ro) f, opinie (ro) f
Russian: мне́ние (ru) n (mnénije), взгляд (ru) m (vzgljad), воззре́ние (ru) n (vozzrénije)
Scottish Gaelic: barail f, beachd m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми̏шље̄ње n, мне́ње n, на́зор m

Roman: mȉšljēnje (sh) n, mnénje n, názor (sh) m
Slovak: názor m
Slovene: mnenje n
Spanish: opinión (es) f, parecer (es) m, juicio (es) m, apreciación (es) f, concepto (es) m, consideración (es) f, sentencia (es) f
Swahili: maoni (sw)
Swedish: mening (sv) c, uppfattning (sv) c, omdöme (sv) n, tycke (sv) n, åsikt (sv) c
Tagalog: opinyon (tl)
Tajik: фикр (tg) (fikr), мулоҳиза (mulohiza), андеша (andeša), назар (tg) (nazar), ақида (aqida), рой (roy), раъй (raʾy)
Tamil: கருத்து (ta) (karuttu)
Tatar: фикер (tt) (fiker), уй (tt) (uy)
Telugu: అభిప్రయము (abhiprayamu)
Thai: ความเห็น (th) (kwaam-hěn), เสียง (th) (sǐiang)
Tibetan: བསམ་ཚུལ (bsam tshul)
Tok Pisin: tingting
Turkish: görüş (tr), fikir (tr)
Turkmen: pikir
Ukrainian: ду́мка (uk) f (dúmka), по́гляд (uk) m (póhljad), здання́ n (zdannjá)
Urdu: رائے f (rāy), خیال m (xayāl), نظر (ur) m (nazar)
Uyghur: پىكىر (pikir), ئوي (oy)
Uzbek: fikr (uz), mulohaza (uz), nazar (uz), oʻy (uz)
Vietnamese: ý kiến (vi) (意見), kiến giải (vi), ý (vi)
Volapük: kredül (vo)
Welsh: barn (cy)
Yiddish: מיינונג f (meynung)
Zazaki: fıkır m, asatış c

EU: a judicial opinion by an Advocate General delivered to the European Court of Justice

Bulgarian: заключе́ние (bg) n (zaključénie)
Czech: stanovisko (cs) n
Dutch: conclusie (nl) f
Estonian: ettepanek
Finnish: ratkaisuehdotus (fi)
French: conclusions (fr) f pl
German: Schlussanträge pl
Greek: προτάσεις (el) f (protáseis)
Italian: conclusioni (it) f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uttalelse m
Portuguese: conclusão (pt) f
Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)
Slovak: návrhy m pl
Spanish: conclusiones (es) f pl

Verb edit

opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)

(transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 166:
  But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother

Translations edit

opine — see opine

References edit

“opinion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
opinion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
“opinion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.