opinion
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opinion/əˈpɪnjən/
▶noun
- 1 a view or judgement not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
■ the beliefs or views of a large number of people.
■ an estimation of quality or worth: he had a high opinion of himself.
- 2 Law a formal statement of reasons for a judgement given.
■ a barrister's advice on the merits of a case.
– phrases
be of the opinion that believe or maintain that.
a matter of opinion something not capable of being proven either way.
be of the opinion that believe or maintain that.
a matter of opinion something not capable of being proven either way.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. opinio(n-), from the stem of opinari ‘think, believe’.
'opinion' also found in these Oxford entries:
about-turn
- agree
- agreement
- air
- approval
- back-pedal
- backtrack
- balance
- belief
- bet
- book
- budge
- canvass
- change
- cliché
- come
- comment
- conclude
- confirm
- conjecture
- contrarian
- conviction
- critic
- demonstration
- devil's advocate
- disagree
- disapprove
- disesteem
- dissentient
- diverge
- dogma
- editorial
- establishment
- exit poll
- feeler
- feeling
- fly
- Gallup poll
- gnome
- groundswell
- halo effect
- hearty
- heresy
- heterodox
- hold
- if
- IMHO
- impression
- judge
- judgement
