(~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