Opinion
[ə'pɪnjən]
Definition
(noun.) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself).
(noun.) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; 'my opinion differs from yours'; 'I am not of your persuasion'; 'what are your thoughts on Haiti?'.
(noun.) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; 'opinions are usually written by a single judge'.
(noun.) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; 'his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page'.
Edited by Lester--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
(n.) The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
(n.) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
(n.) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
(n.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
(v. t.) To opine.
Edited by Erna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Judgment, notion, view, belief, idea, conception, impression, sentiment.[2]. Estimate.
Edited by Hardy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conviction, view, judgment, notion, idea, impression, estimation, theory
Typist: Michael
Definition
n. one's belief judgment: favourable estimation: (Shak.) opinionativeness.—adjs. Opin′ionable that may be matter of opinion; Opin′ionāted Opin′ioned firmly adhering to one's own opinions.—adv. Opin′ionātely (obs.).—adj. Opin′ionātive unduly attached to one's own opinions: stubborn.—adv. Opin′ionātively.—ns. Opin′ionātiveness; Opin′ionist.
Editor: Priscilla
Unserious Contents or Definition
The prodigal son of Thought. PUBLIC OPINION, The world's champion pugilist, who has knocked out Law in many a hard fought bout.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. Plato. The Republic.
- Its object (in your English opinion) is anarchy and revolution. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But this did not alter Mrs. Blenkinsop's opinion of Miss Sharp. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In Middlemarch a wife could not long remain ignorant that the town held a bad opinion of her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A serious difference of opinion, as you see! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Tell him my opinion of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Quite right, Ladislaw; we shall make a new thing of opinion here, said Mr. Brooke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, the position may be a matter of opinion; but what do you think of the likeness? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I represented that I knew him (as I did and do) to be strenuously opposed to it, both in opinion and action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Of course, my fair readers would not have me guilty of such extreme ill-breeding as to differ in opinion from a noble duke! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is leaving the Church on account of his opinions--his doubts would do him no good at Oxford. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I will give her a system, a method of thought, a set of opinions; I will give her the perfect control and guidance of her feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Out of experience come warrings, the conflict of opinions and acts within the individual and between individuals. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We may compare our different opinions. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Their opinions clashed; and indeed, she had never perceived that he had cared for her opinions, as belonging to her, the individual. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yes; he has pretended to make my opinions and tastes his own. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In many of his opinions he was an Englishman of the old school, and he hated a foreigner simply and solely because he was a foreigner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Almost all these gentlemen were in heart partisans of the Emperor, and had their opinions about the speedy end of the campaign. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And I myself prefer serious opinions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Maynard