opinion

Meaning

Noun

1. A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
3. (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
4. (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
5. 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.
6. 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.

Verb

To have or express as an opinion.

Hyphenated as

opin‧ion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɪnjən/

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.

Sentences

He was standing on a pickup truck with a megaphone and propagated his opinion .