opine
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈpaɪn/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Verb[edit]
opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)
- (intransitive, transitive) 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) 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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Translations[edit]
to have or express an opinion
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to state as an opinion
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Etymology 2[edit]
From 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
Translations[edit]
any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
Further reading[edit]
- opine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- opine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
French[edit]
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opine
- inflection of opiner:
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
opine
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Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
opine
- inflection of opinar:
Spanish[edit]
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opine
- inflection of opinar:
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