opine
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *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/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
[edit] Verb
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
[edit] French
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[edit] Verb
opine
- first-person singular present indicative of opiner
- third-person singular present indicative of opiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
- second-person singular imperative of opiner
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
opine (infinitive opinar)
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