opine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[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

to opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To have or express an opinion.
2. (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."

3. (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.

[edit] Derived terms

• opination

[edit] Related terms

• opinion
• opinionated

[edit] Translations

[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