opine
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See also: opiné
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French opiner, from 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)
- (intransitive) To have or express an opinion; 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to have or express an opinion
to state as an opinion
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin and Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”) + -ine.
Noun[edit]
opine (plural opines)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
External links[edit]
- opine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- opine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
opine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of opinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of opinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of opinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of opinar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
opine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of opinar.
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- English nouns
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- en:Biochemistry
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- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
