OPINION


Meaning of OPINION in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Your ~ about something is what you think or believe about it.

I wasn’t asking for your ~, Dick...

He held the ~ that a government should think before introducing a tax...

Most who expressed an ~ spoke favorably of Thomas.

N-COUNT: oft poss N, N that

2.

Your ~ of someone is your judgment of their character or ability.

That improved Mrs Goole’s already favourable ~ of him.

= estimation

N-SING: usu supp N, N of n

3.

You can refer to the beliefs or views that people have as ~.

Some, I suppose, might even be in positions to influence ~...

There is a broad consensus of ~ about the policies which should be pursued.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

An ~ from an expert is the advice or judgment that they give you in the subject that they know a lot about.

Even if you have had a regular physical check-up recently, you should still seek a medical ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing

5.

see also public ~ , second ~

6.

You add expressions such as ‘in my ~’ or ‘in their ~’ to a statement in order to indicate that it is what you or someone else thinks, and is not necessarily a fact.

Well he’s not making a very good job of it in my ~.

PHRASE: PHR with cl

7.

If someone is of the ~ that something is the case, that is what they believe. (FORMAL)

Frank is of the ~ that the 1934 yacht should have won.

PHRASE: v-link PHR that

8.

a matter of ~: see matter

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