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opinion
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a consensus of opinion
▪ There are still areas where no consensus of opinion has been reached.
a minority opinion/view
▪ This is a minority view among scientists.
an opinion poll (=that measures what people think about something)
▪ A recent opinion poll showed strong support for the government.
an opinion survey
▪ Opinion surveys showed consistently that unemployment remained a matter of concern.
ask for sb’s opinion
▪ Dad always liked being asked for his opinion.
confirm you in your belief/opinion/view etc (that) (=make you believe something more strongly)
▪ The expression on his face confirmed me in my suspicions.
conflicting views/opinions/ideas
▪ There are conflicting opinions on what causes the disease.
considered opinion
▪ He hadn’t had time to form a considered opinion.
expert opinion (=the opinions of people who know a lot about something)
▪ Expert opinion on the matter is deeply divided.
express your views/opinions/ideas
▪ Everyone who attends the meeting will be given the opportunity to express their opinions.
groundswell of opinion
▪ There is a groundswell of opinion that tougher laws are needed.
had a high opinion of
▪ I’ve always had a high opinion of her work.
independent inquiry/advice/opinion etc (=carried out by or given by an independent person or organization)
▪ Human rights groups have called for an independent inquiry into the killings.
▪ the results of an independent study
opinion poll
▪ An opinion poll showed that 70% of adults were against legalizing drugs.
popular belief/opinion
▪ Contrary to popular belief, cats are solitary animals.
Public opinion
Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men.
public opinion
▪ Public opinion is shifting in favor of the new law.
received opinion/wisdom etc (=the opinion most people have)
▪ The received wisdom is that he will retire within the next year.
render a decision/opinion/judgment etc
▪ It is unlikely that the court will render an opinion before November 5.
sb’s personal view/opinion
▪ My personal opinion is that the project was started too soon.
second opinion (=when you ask another person to repeat an examination, test etc for you)
▪ I asked the doctor for a second opinion.
share a belief/opinion
▪ It was clear that the police did not share her opinion.
strand of thought/opinion/argument
▪ Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.
strong views/opinions/ideas
▪ She has strong views on education.
subjective judgment/opinion etc
▪ The ratings were based on the subjective judgement of one person.
the climate of opinion (=the opinion which most people have about a subject)
▪ The climate of opinion is still favorable for the President.
venture an opinion/question/word etc
▪ If we had more information, it would be easier to venture a firm opinion.
▪ Roy ventured a tentative smile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
▪ We each had a different opinion.
▪ To make effective decisions, they need to be open to different opinions and good at analyzing contradictory information.
▪ They had different opinions about tennis.
▪ If both parents witnessed the act and had different opinions, they simply alternated being the referee.
▪ In the research branch of the Local Education Office a different opinion was expressed.
▪ But Elena Ortiz has a different opinion.
▪ These remarks were highly embarrassing for the government and brought out the different opinions within the party on the open-door policy.
▪ In many cases, first impressions were different from the opinion that later developed.
expert
▪ They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question.
▪ But now it sits scowling outside the conversation of humankind, offering expert opinion with a sneer.
▪ Or was he entitled to act solely on his own expert opinion?
▪ Process assessments compare the documented care with what is accepted as optimum practice based on current scientific nutrition knowledge and expert opinion.
▪ Which is what Mr Walker said last week, against the flood of expert opinion on what his vote would mean.
▪ Here is where the most important split of all divides expert opinion.
▪ These commissions have drawn on expert opinion from the social science community, and found evidence for both sides.
▪ For it to be expert opinion is invaluable.
general
▪ The general opinion was yes, but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her.
▪ The general opinion was that it had fizzled out; like a spent squib, it hadn't even given one burst.
▪ The general consensus of opinion is that a successful action under s.62 for insider dealing will be hard to sustain.
▪ The general opinion is that Real are tighter in defence, but less interesting and inventive.
▪ The general opinion was that this long-awaited package definitely wasn't a good Windows product.
high
▪ This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
▪ Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
▪ Kate adored Toby's self-confidence and shared his high opinion of himself.
▪ He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
▪ All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
▪ That was why he relied chiefly on Simenon, an author for whom he preserved a high opinion all his life.
low
▪ Sir Bruce hat a low opinion of civilian intelligence officers.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
▪ The Stock Market had originally marked prices lower as opinion polls indicated a hung Parliament.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
▪ She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her.
▪ He did this with calculated cynicism, for he had but a low opinion of most of mankind.
▪ Then, too, Niki has a low opinion of the media.
▪ To live up to his low opinion of her.
medical
▪ And that's the medical opinion.
▪ The learned medical opinion here is that Young needs at least a week off.
▪ I wonder what medical opinion is of this wasteful practice?
▪ Barton has sought four medical opinions, most recently from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
▪ What is in the best interests of the patient will be judged by the standards of a responsible body of medical opinion.
▪ Much medical opinion also assures us that hypnosis is not essential.
▪ That, too, depends on individual choice, though medical opinion usually favours the hard mattress.
▪ W's solicitor Madeleine Rees commented, ` Informed medical opinion says transsexualism is a medical condition.
personal
▪ The disconnected personal opinion Concluding with your own words, however, requires caution, particularly in the handling of personal response.
▪ My personal opinion is that the project was started too soon, as in any fast-track project like this.
▪ Even when referring to personal opinion it is not normally considered good style to do so directly.
▪ The concept of reason and all speculation about personal opinion would ever after be dismissed as tribal, beliefs fabricated by sects.
▪ At the very beginning of the play Shakespeare demonstrated how easily the people changed their personal opinions.
▪ If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight.
▪ Variations in practice reflect the personal opinions of managers.
▪ It is essentially a compilation of known facts, without intrusion of personal opinions or beliefs.
political
▪ This shift in political opinion was partly due to a succession of further scandals involving the insurance and commodities markets.
▪ The magazine began shortly after Kristol spent about a year faxing unsolicited political advice and opinion all around Washington.
▪ This has been corroborated in many surveys of political opinion.
▪ And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new murals make an environmental statement.
▪ The peer group of the extremist-activist typically shares her political opinions.
▪ He has to share in some conservative political opinions.
▪ Useful detail supporting diversity of political opinion in Cortes on the losing side in the 1931 election.
popular
▪ Contrary to modem popular opinion these were splendid ships with excellent accommodation and many modern conveniences for both crew and passengers.
▪ Well, popular opinion is wrong.
▪ But the fullness of the material makes possible qualitative study with particularly interesting insights into popular opinions and activities.
▪ Mary Pinciotti knows that red clay is good for your garden, despite popular opinion.
▪ These large juries were clearly intended to provide a reasonably representative sample of popular opinion.
▪ She said that, contrary to popular opinion, traumas caused by such a disaster were not short-lived.
▪ There are various ways in which popular opinion can be represented with reasonable accuracy.
▪ Contrary to popular opinion, the non-conformist Sunday was not a dismal day full of restrictions.
public
▪ By far the strongest weapon we have is the weapon of public opinion.
▪ The newspapers' solution was to rake a few of the slum owners across the coals of public opinion.
▪ The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
▪ Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls, succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.
▪ Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion.
▪ They tend to respond to and reinforce public opinion, rather than shape it and lead it.
▪ His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account.
▪ The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
recent
▪ A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
▪ A recent opinion poll found that 45 percent believe personal qualifications to be the most important measure of a candidate.
▪ The message of recent opinion polls has clearly got through.
▪ But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
▪ Again, this is uncertain, although some recent opinion has been favourable to the idea.
▪ A five-phased approach begins with desk research, to identify and evaluate recent opinions of the contribution of marketing to corporate success.
▪ A recent opinion poll revealed that only 5% of those questioned thought the existing parties represented their interests.
▪ Even before the decision Netanyahu had led the struggling Barak in recent opinion polls.
strong
▪ He has his spiky hair, strong opinions and wacky humour.
▪ And though there were plenty of strong opinions, much of the parish still seemed profoundly ambivalent about the protest.
▪ He's a shy man with strong opinions and assertive ideas.
▪ He now had carte blanche to pursue any major story in town and to inject his strong opinions unabashedly into his writings.
▪ Boiotia itself was wavering, knowing that there was a strong current of opinion among the Peloponnesians in favour of defending only their peninsula.
▪ Steven feels that prior to Vassar he always had strong opinions but had never been political.
▪ There is widespread concern and strong opinion throughout the country that the Government are handling this issue most inappropriately.
▪ They prompted strong readership and opinion.
■ NOUN
majority
▪ Sometimes agreement is apparent rather than real because of the tendency to conform and fall in with majority opinion.
▪ Toward the end of his career, he wrote more dissents than majority opinions.
▪ Let's get a majority opinion on this.
▪ Third, government is supposed to be representative of society's group preferences i.e. majority opinion.
poll
▪ In those days of fewer opinion polls they seemed to play a much smaller, less intrusive part in the elections.
▪ Then, they were the footfalls of voters turning away from him in the opinion polls as scandals sucked him downward.
▪ A year before their re-election victory the Conservatives lagged behind Labour in the opinion polls.
▪ Public opinion polls show as many as 70 percent of respondents oppose gay marriages.
▪ The conference opened with Labour buoyed by a series of weekend opinion polls giving leads of from 5 to 12 points.
▪ Public opinion polls showed the public blamed Congress, not Clinton, for the debacle.
▪ According to the latest opinion polls, the noes have 50%, the yeses 35% and the rest are undecided.
▪ Clinton still holds a healthy lead over Dole in California, according to most public opinion polls.
survey
▪ The very questions used in public opinion surveys indicate the importance of the assumption.
▪ Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey.
▪ An opinion survey by the party's communications group showed women had significantly different political views from men.
▪ As part of management training in the computer company, new managers were required to have their subordinates complete opinion surveys.
▪ Wartime opinion surveys showed consistently, however, that unemployment remained a matter of concern.
▪ Clinton remains far ahead of Republican rival Bob Dole, according to the latest public opinion surveys.
▪ But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
▪ The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
■ VERB
ask
▪ The Permanent Court was asked for an opinion on the correct interpretation of the Athens Agreement.
▪ And they asked us for our opinions.
▪ The panel members then receive regular questionnaires asking for their opinions of selected programmes over the past week.
▪ Your editor should ask for your opinions, why you chose certain words or decided to include or omit information.
▪ She always used to ask my opinions of things and that now a lot of my answers made sense.
▪ It depended on whom you asked for an opinion.
▪ Therefore, I recommend either giving the instrument a thorough test, or else asking for an opinion by an optical expert.
▪ Well, the caller asked for my opinion, so here it is.
change
▪ Even if Guy believed her tale, surely he couldn't change his opinion of her so completely?
▪ Although the pharmacological properties of opium had not changed, opinions about opium had changed.
▪ I saw people who came in pretty straight but who changed their attitudes and opinions drastically.
▪ This gorgeous product, bursting with black-cherry fruit, will do nothing to change their opinions.
▪ The company insists Vinik spoke his mind at the time comments were made and he simply changed his opinions.
▪ Seven months after Peter Robinson and I penned those damning words, have we cause to change our opinion?
▪ Times change, issues change, public opinion changes and, of course, politicians change.
confirm
▪ Garvey's condition has confirmed his opinion.
▪ Thornton knew of various incidents which confirmed his opinion that Walsh made a distinctly negative impression in the hunt for backers.
▪ Her life and career after she and Burton split up confirms the opinion of her energy and flair - and her directness.
▪ I confirmed their own opinion that the picture was a very competent version of a missing Saraceni composition executed by a follower.
▪ A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.
express
▪ Pro-Republican Catholics did express their opinions in newspapers such as the Leeds Citizen.
▪ In the election day exit poll, two-thirds of Virginia voters expressed a negative opinion of Robertson.
▪ Before expressing a qualified opinion an auditor should always try to resolve problems with the management of the organization concerned.
▪ They still gets points from me for expressing an opinion.
▪ The Companies Act 1948 required auditors to express an opinion on the profit and loss account as well as the balance sheet.
▪ Another is expressing controversial opinions, so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps ....
▪ This chapter examines what it means rhetorically to express an opinion.
▪ Critics are free to express opinions on such matters, but most of what you hear is pure speculation.
form
▪ It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.
▪ They respect that you have a mind and you can form your own opinions.
▪ He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date.
▪ He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion.
▪ It went on to discuss what form the opinion should take, including where a reservation of opinion would be required.
▪ I formed my own opinion, and was pleased with this Constitution....
▪ I formed the opinion that there was absolutely nothing undesirable in the case.
▪ Among those who have formed an opinion, more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.
give
▪ So that each member of staff got a chance to give her own opinion, the staff were interviewed individually.
▪ These are a lot cheaper than natural sponges and give, in my opinion, an equally good effect.
▪ It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States.
▪ Auditors will also be able to give an opinion without resolution of all uncertain matters so removing an argument for delay.
▪ I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.
▪ And get some one who has not been involved in the production to give you an honest opinion of the end product.
▪ Or you could ask people to give their opinions of a subject on which they have strong views.
hold
▪ It is orthodox doctrine that the Archbishop of York ought not to hold exactly the same opinions as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
▪ We hold too high an opinion of Huckelberry to classify him as the lackey of a lackey.
▪ Presented with case studies, it takes no time for pupils to express strongly held opinions.
▪ Pupils of all ages and abilities have deeply held opinions about the way things actually are, about reality, about truth.
▪ You don't have to believe it, but it looks good if you can pretend to hold an opinion.
▪ Thoughts ... It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but hard work to actually know what one is talking about.
▪ Caesarius of Arles seems to have held a similar opinion.
▪ Section 57, for example, protects employers who discriminate on the grounds that the employee or potential employee holds certain political opinions.
offer
▪ I introduced myself and upon learning my identity they naturally begged me to examine their treasure and offer an authoritative opinion.
▪ But now it sits scowling outside the conversation of humankind, offering expert opinion with a sneer.
▪ No one in the room was quite sure what would happen next as Romanov offered no opinion.
▪ Solomon agreed to help but offered the opinion that a breakthrough was unlikely during 1990.
▪ My colleagues may offer their opinions on the latter.
▪ Perhaps the bus is offering its opinion on the political climate.
▪ Engineers should only offer an opinion if they know what they are talking about.
▪ I listened contentedly without offering an opinion.
seek
▪ They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question.
▪ The importance of the results should be such that there is adequate time to seek opinions from employees. 2.
▪ Still, she was pleased he had sought her opinion.
▪ Barton has sought four medical opinions, most recently from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
▪ The Profitboss takes his secretary into his confidence, seeks her opinion, takes her advice.
▪ As part of the process, the company must seek an advisory opinion from the California Attorney General.
▪ Having sought counsel's opinion, the solicitor was contacted by the union.
▪ Right down to strapping prospects into driving simulators and seeking their opinions on dashboard and instrument layouts.
share
▪ Kate adored Toby's self-confidence and shared his high opinion of himself.
▪ They did projects in school together and shared opinions of teachers and other kids.
▪ This is an occupational hazard shared by sportswriters and opinion pollsters.
▪ The former governor likes to share his opinions with the world, sounding off regularly on his own radio show.
▪ If Serif had shared your opinion about PagePlus 1.2, you might wonder why they bothered to produce a version 2 at all.
▪ Although I have come to share her opinion of Joe, it has not brought us any closer.
▪ Do other solicitors share my opinions?
▪ He recognized some brokers who he knew shared the same opinions as the Journal, but that no longer seemed to matter.
show
▪ Five out of six opinion polls yesterday showed Labour in the lead, pointing to a hung Parliament as the most likely outcome.
▪ Public opinion polls show crime and violence to be a major issue in the November elections.
▪ A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
▪ Public opinion polls showed the public blamed Congress, not Clinton, for the debacle.
▪ But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
▪ The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
▪ At the end of January an opinion poll showed support for the war at less than 30 percent.
state
▪ The facts are stated in the opinion of Lord Keith of Kinkel.
▪ The townspeople: Loved their emperor and were too worried about being thought of as fools to state their real opinions.
▪ The symposium was not the first place I had stated unpopular opinions.
write
▪ When you write send me your opinion of this.
▪ Perhaps, you say, the judges were rushing home to write opinions in the privacy of their dens.
▪ The technique of solving academic problems is almost the same as the technique of writing a legal opinion upon a practical point.
▪ On Friday, the nine members of the court will vote behind closed doors and begin work on writing opinions.
▪ You said you were going to write a piece on opinion polls and then you wrote a story slandering the Prime Minister.
▪ When the Texas attorney general wrote an informal opinion saying the records should be released, the school district sued Lett.
▪ The pupil spends his days far better drafting a pleading or writing an opinion and having his master criticise his work afterwards.
▪ Mr Justice Frankfurter wrote a concurring opinion.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a matter of opinion
▪ Deciding which bag is easier to carry is a matter of opinion.
▪ How successfully it is done is a matter of opinion on the part of the individual reader.
▪ It is a grand conception; whether it is a useful one may be a matter of opinion.
▪ Many of these answers are a matter of opinion; some issues will matter more to some people than others.
▪ Q: Well, that is a matter of opinion.
▪ That would be a matter of opinion; he had a newspaper which he kept looking at, and shaking out.
▪ Whether Innocent could have achieved his ends earlier or by better means must in the final analysis be a matter of opinion.
colour sb's judgement/opinions/attitudes etc
contrary to popular belief/opinion
Contrary to popular belief, gorillas are shy and gentle creatures.
▪ Actually, contrary to popular belief, hallucinations were not part of the original definition of schizophrenia.
▪ And contrary to popular belief, we don't want to wear the trousers at home.
difference of opinion
▪ There is a difference of opinion between the chairman and the board as to the best way to handle the takeover.
▪ There were major differences of opinion over who should command the UN forces.
▪ And here lies a fundamental difference of opinion - how should a National Park operate?
▪ Despite these economically based differences of opinion, those passing initiative petitions claim to have found widespread public support.
▪ Has the case resulted in significant differences of opinion in the courts below?
▪ I just have a difference of opinion with Sen.
▪ Miss Diane died of a brain haemorrhage after a sharp difference of opinion with the producer about salary.
▪ Some difference of opinion exists as to the order of drugs to be administered.
▪ The split reflects a difference of opinion simmering for months within the Republican Party.
▪ There were also differences of opinion about the degree of malice involved.
form an opinion/impression/idea
▪ Members of the jury must not have formed opinions from publicity before the trial.
▪ Among those who have formed an opinion, more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.
▪ He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion.
▪ He was in no state to form an idea of what we were talking about.
▪ It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.
▪ Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations.
▪ So gather information about your child, rather than forming opinions and judgments.
▪ Yet, along with journalists, poets, literary figures, and agitators, they do help form opinions.
▪ You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.
have fixed ideas/opinions
high opinion/regard/praise etc
▪ He has the highest regard for his hamster-locating abilities.
▪ It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
▪ Perhaps surprisingly, the indications are that Offa continued to hold Canterbury in high regard.
▪ Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
▪ This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
▪ While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
in my humble opinion
▪ Excellently done nevertheless, in my humble opinion.
▪ In my humble opinion, he should not be called upon for such justification.
▪ In my humble opinion, Sarah is not so much interested in old relationships as new.
shade of meaning/opinion/feeling etc
▪ As a solo instrument following a melodic line, the violin can convey every imaginable shade of feeling.
▪ From a sociologist's point of view, work has shades of meaning which are individual to each of us.
▪ In this more tolerant environment several newspapers representing different shades of opinion have already sprung up, especially in the urban areas.
▪ It represented all shades of opinion, but it was dominated by Sukarno.
▪ There was in most works an allowance for shades of feeling and meaning, and for the existence of doubt.
▪ These two directions or shades of opinion are not necessarily as starkly polarised as may appear.
▪ To teach me to perceive the shades of beauty and the shades of meaning ....
winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Opinion seemed to be moving in favor of the president's accusers.
Opinions vary widely on this matter.
▪ About 100 people showed up to express their opinions about the project.
▪ an expert opinion
▪ Do you really want my opinion?
▪ He's entitled to his opinion, of course, but it does not give him the right to be offensive.
▪ He acknowledged that he had no evidence to support his opinion.
▪ In 10 years of teaching, I have never been asked my opinion on any matter of policy.
▪ In my opinion, most lawyers are overpaid.
▪ Many board members said they had no opinion on Goldman's proposal.
▪ Medical opinion is divided as to the effectiveness of the new drug.
▪ Please phone in with your comments and opinions.
▪ Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press.
▪ The coroner was of the opinion that the man had been dead for only 24 hours.
▪ The rating a film gets reflects the opinions of our reviewers.
▪ Their refusal to obey UN regulations had a major effect on world opinion.
▪ They have very different opinions about religion.
▪ This is, in the opinion of the critics, their best record for years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although this conversation too has sequences of opinion and justification, it does not proceed in a linear fashion.
▪ He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date.
▪ I just have a difference of opinion with Sen.
▪ The difficulty is in knowing what local opinion really has to say on these matters.
▪ The Lords can publicise matters and delay action for long enough to allow public opinion to make itself felt.
▪ The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing.
▪ There may be a complicated chain of cause and effect on which opinions will differ.
▪ Yet at the same time he can not afford to ignore hardline opinion at home.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Opinion

Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t. To opine. [Obs.]

Opinion

Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [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 M. Hale.

    I can not put off my opinion so easily.
    --Shak.

  2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

    I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
    --Shak.

    Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
    --South.

    However, I have no opinion of those things.
    --Bacon.

  3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]

    Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.
    --Shak.

    This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises.
    --Milton.

  4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

  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. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See Sentiment.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
opinion

c.1300, from Old French opinion "opinion, view, judgements founded upon probabilities" (12c.), from Latin opinionem (nominative opinio) "opinion, conjecture, fancy, belief, what one thinks; appreciation, esteem," from stem of opinari "think, judge, suppose, opine," from PIE *op- (2) "to choose" (see option).\n\nWhere there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

[Milton, "Areopagitica"]

Wiktionary
opinion

n. 1 A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue. 2 The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. 3 (context obsolete English) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. 4 (context obsolete English) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. 5 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. 6 (context European Union law English) 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 vb. (context transitive archaic English) To have or express as an opinion.

WordNet
opinion
  1. n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]

  2. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" [syn: public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi]

  3. 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" [syn: view]

  4. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" [syn: legal opinion, judgment, judgement]

  5. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) [syn: ruling]

  6. 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" [syn: impression, feeling, belief, notion]

Wikipedia
Opinión

Opinión is a newspaper published in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Opinion (disambiguation)

An opinion is a subjective belief, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts.

Opinion may also refer to:

  • Legal opinion, a written explanation by judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case
  • Judicial opinion
  • Opinion journalism
  • Opinion piece, an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject
  • "Opinion" (song), 2004 song by Kurt Cobain

Usage examples of "opinion".

He had learned her opinions on the subject of Aberrancy over the weeks they had spent together, and while he did not agree with much of what she said, it had enough validity to make him think.

Guillaume Erard unfolded a double sheet of paper, and read Jeanne the form of abjuration, written down according to the opinion of the masters.

On examination, we found a very varicose or enlarged condition of the left spermatic veins, and gave it as our opinion that the seminal loss was wholly due to this abnormal condition and could only be cured by an operation that would remove the varicocele.

That is my opinion as an honest scholar, viewing the question academically and on its merits.

Malipiero would often inquire from me what advantages were accruing to me from the welcome I received at the hands of the respectable ladies I had become acquainted with at his house, taking care to tell me, before I could have time to answer, that they were all endowed with the greatest virtue, and that I would give everybody a bad opinion of myself, if I ever breathed one word of disparagement to the high reputation they all enjoyed.

Although he was ignorant and devoid of any merit save a handsome face, he thought that an ecclesiastical career would insure his happiness, and he depended a great deal upon his preaching, for which, according to the opinion of the women with whom he was acquainted, he had a decided talent.

My idea runs counter to general opinion, but the evidence I adduce for it is found on Egyptian monuments.

Fox himself seems to have felt that his cause was not a good one, for after replying to the arguments adduced in favour of the propositions, by Pitt and his supporters, and vindicating himself from the notion of being influenced in his opinion by the favour of the prince, he made a personal attack on the minister, accusing him with sacrificing the principles of the constitution to his lust of power.

The period between the adjournment of the conventions and the assembling of the Legislatures was so short that there was no time for the maturing of public opinion in the North, and still less for bringing it to bear in any way upon Southern action.

Court refused to take jurisdiction of a suit in equity brought by the United States to determine the navigability of the New and Kanawha Rivers on the ground that the jurisdiction in such suits is limited to cases and controversies and does not extend to the adjudication of mere differences of opinion between the officials of the two governments.

But, if the political principles of the great man who has now departed were not always reconcilable with the opinions and demands of modern advancement, they were at least consistent in themselves, were never extravagantly pressed, never tyrannically promoted, and never obstinately maintained to the hindrance of the government or the damage of the state.

Quixote, however, who, as we have said, felt cured and healthy, wanted to leave immediately to seek adventures, it being his opinion that the time he spent in that place meant he was depriving the world, and all those in it who were in need, of his help and assistance, especially now when he had so much trust and confidence in the balm.

Of course, he did not ask him his opinion of the Prescott aeroplane, but from remarks Lieut.

I did not give any thought to it or keep it in mind because of my having, a few months later, that affidavit of the said Cardinal Bellarmino of the 26th of May which I have presented, in which is told the order to me not to hold or defend the said opinion.

In my humble opinion the ordinary method of agitating by way of petitions, deputations and the like is no remedy for moving to repentence a Government so hopelessly indifferent to the welfare of its charges as the Government of India has proved to me.