opine
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin opīnor (“‘to hold as an opinion’”) < *opinus (“‘thinking, expecting’”), only in negative nec-opinus (“‘not expecting’”) and in-opinus (“‘not expected’”); akin to optare (“‘to choose, desire’”), and to apisci (“‘to obtain’”); see optate and opt.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/, SAMPA: /@U"paIn/
- (US) IPA: /oʊˈpaɪn/, SAMPA: /oU"paIn/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -aɪn
[edit] Verb
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to opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)
- (intransitive, now rare) To have or express an opinion.
- (intransitive, transitive) To state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- (intransitive, now rare) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
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[edit] Translations
to have or express an opinion
to state as an opinion
[edit] External links
- opine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- opine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911