opinion
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (6)opinions
- 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?”Synonyms: sentimentpersuasionviewthoughtType of beliefKinds judgment, eyes, pole, preconception, idea, politics
- 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”Synonyms: viewType of message, contentKinds guess, side, adverse opinion
- a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people“he asked for a poll of public opinion”Synonyms: public opinionpopular opinionvox populiType of belief
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision“opinions are usually written by a single judge”Synonyms: legal opinionjudgmentjudgementType of legal document, legal instrumentKinds obiter dictum, dissenting opinion, concurring opinion, majority opinion, fatwah
- the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)Synonyms: rulingType of judgment, judgementKinds fatwaExamples Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Bakke decision
- 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”Synonyms: impressionfeelingbeliefnotionType of idea, thoughtKinds intuition, effect, presence, first blush
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Translations
Noun thought a person has formed about a topic
- Spanish
- opinión
- French
- opinion
- German
- Meinung
- Italian
- opinione
- Portuguese
- opinião
- Turkish
- görüş
- Russian
- мне́ние mnénije
- Arabic
- رَأْي raʔy
- Chinese
- 意见 yìjiàn
- Japanese
- 意見 iken
32 more languages
- Dutch
- opinie
- Polish
- opinia
- Swedish
- åsikt
- Greek
- γνώμη gnómi
- Korean
- 의견 uigyeon
- Indonesian
- pendapat
- Vietnamese
- ý kiến
- Hungarian
- vélemény
- Portuguese (PT)
- opinião
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 意見 yìjiàn
- Albanian
- mendim
- Breton
- meno
- Catalan
- opinió
- Czech
- názor
- Danish
- mening
- Esperanto
- opinio
- Estonian
- arvamus
- Finnish
- mielipide
- Georgian
- აზრი azri
- Hebrew
- דֵעָה de'á
- Icelandic
- álit
- Kurdish
- ray
- Latvian
- doma
- Lithuanian
- nuomonė
- Norwegian
- mening
- Romanian
- opinie
- Scottish Gaelic
- beachd
- Serbo-Croatian
- mišljenje
- Slovak
- názor
- Swahili
- maoni
- Welsh
- barn
- Yiddish
- מיינונג meynung
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F., from L. opinio. See Opine.
1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persuasion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting.— Sir Matt. Hale
I can not put off my opinion so easily.— William Shakespeare
2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.— William Shakespeare
Friendship... gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.— Robert South
However, I have no opinion of those things.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. obsolete
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.— William Shakespeare
This gained Agricola much opinion, who... had made such early progress into laborious... enterprises.— John Milton
4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. obsolete William Shakespeare
5. Law. The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
To be of opinion, to think; to judge. — To hold opinion with, to agree with. obsolete William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See Sentiment.
To opine. obsolete
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54