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Opinion
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- 1 A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. countable, uncountable
"I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system."
- 2 the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) wordnet
- 3 The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. countable, uncountable
"I haue bought / Golden Opinions from all ſorts of people, […]"
- 4 a vague idea in which some confidence is placed wordnet
- 5 Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Thou haſt redeemed thy loſt opinion, […]"
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- 6 a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty wordnet
- 7 Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[…] your reaſons at Dinner haue been ſharpe & ſententious: pleaſant without ſcurillitie, wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie, learned without opinion, and ſtrange without hereſie: […]"
- 8 a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people wordnet
- 9 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. countable, uncountable
- 10 the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision wordnet
- 11 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. European-Union, countable, uncountable
- 12 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 wordnet
- 1 To have or express as an opinion. archaic, transitive
"Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element."
Etymology
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.
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.
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