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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (6)
1. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;
- Example: "my opinion differs from yours"
- Example: "I am not of your persuasion"
- Example: "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
[syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
2. 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;
- Example: "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
[syn: opinion, view]
3. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people;
- Example: "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
[syn: public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi]
4. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision;
- Example: "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
[syn: opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement]
5. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself);
[syn: opinion, ruling]
6. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;
- Example: "his impression of her was favorable"
- Example: "what are your feelings about the crisis?"
- Example: "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"
- Example: "I had a feeling that she was lying"
[syn: impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See Opine.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persuasion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. [1913 Webster] I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South. [1913 Webster] However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Law.) 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. [1913 Webster] To be of opinion, to think; to judge. To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See Sentiment. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t. To opine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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