# opinion
## English
### Etymology

From English opine +‎ -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈpɪnjən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: opin‧ion
* Rhymes: -ɪnjən

### Noun

opinion (countable and uncountable, plural opinions)
* A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
    I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.
    In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.
    Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
    We invite you to state your opinions about the suggestions.
** 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist:Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
* The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii], page 135, column 1, line 32:I haue bought / Golden Opinions from all ſorts of people, […]
** 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
* (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
** c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], signature K2, verso:Thou haſt redeemed thy loſt opinion, […]
** 1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 70:This gain’d Agricola much opinion; who […] had made ſuch early progreſs into laborious […] enterpriſes.
* (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC,, lines 3–6:[…] your reaſons at Dinner haue been ſharpe & ſententious: pleaſant without ſcurillitie, wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie, learned without opinion, and ſtrange without hereſie: […]
* The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
* (European Union law) A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.

#### Synonyms

* take (noun)
* view

#### Derived terms

* accountant's opinion
* adverse opinion
* advisory opinion
* be of the opinion
* clean opinion
* concurring opinion
* counteropinion
* court of public opinion
* court of world opinion
* court opinion
* difference of opinion
* disopinion
* dissenting opinion
* division of opinion
* except for opinion
* expert opinion
* fairness opinion
* feelpinion
* freedom of opinion
* in my honest opinion
* in my humble opinion, IMHO
* in my opinion
* in one's opinion
* legal opinion
* majority opinion
* matter of opinion
* memorandum opinion
* misopinion
* opinional
* opinionate
* opinionative
* opinioned
* opinion former
* opinion host
* opinionist
* opinion leader
* opinionless
* opinion maker
* opinionmaking
* opinion piece
* opinion poll
* opinion privilege
* opinions are like assholes
* opinion shopping
* opinion show
* popular opinion
* postopinion
* preopinion
* public opinion
* scientific opinion
* second opinion
* self-opinion
* separate opinion
* slip opinion
* subject to opinion

#### Related terms

* opination
* opine
* opinionated

#### See also

* fact

### Verb

opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)
* (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
** 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, page 97:Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element.
** 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon […], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother […]

#### Translations
### References

* “opinion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* opinion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “opinion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Esperanto
### Noun

opinion
* accusative singular of opinio

## French
### Etymology

From Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.pi.njɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opinion f (plural opinions)
* opinion (thought, estimation)

#### Derived terms

* délit d’opinion
* faiseur d’opinion
* opinion publique
* prisonnier d’opinion

### Further reading

* “opinion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Latin opīniō.

### Noun

opinion f (plural opinions)
* opinion (thought, estimation)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin opīniō, via French opinion.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinioner, definite plural opinionene)
* (public) opinion

#### Derived terms

* folkeopinion

### References

* “opinion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin opīniō, via French opinion.

### Noun

opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinionar, definite plural opinionane)
* (public) opinion

#### Derived terms

* folkeopinion

### References

* “opinion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin opīniō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opinion f (plural opinions)
* opinion
    Synonym: vejaire

## Swedish
### Noun

opinion c
* (public) opinion (opinion of a (larger) group of people)

#### Derived terms

* opinionsundersökning (“opinion poll”)

#### See also

* åsikt

### References

* opinion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* opinion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* opinion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)