noun
1 what you think about sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , high
▪ low , poor
▪ strong
▪ conflicting , different , mixed
▪
There are conflicting ~s regarding genetically modified food.
▪ same
▪ honest
▪
If you want my honest ~, I think the book is awful.
▪ expert , informed , professional
▪ considered
▪ personal , subjective
▪ objective
▪ contrary , dissenting
▪ majority
▪ minority
▪ second
▪
If in doubt about your diagnosis, get a second ~.
VERB + OPINION
▪ have , hold
▪ air , express , give (sb) , offer (sb) , state , venture , voice
▪
The meeting will give people the chance to voice their ~s on the matter.
▪ share
▪
I don't share your ~ of his ability.
▪ ask sb , seek
▪
He asked me for my ~ of the course.
▪ want
▪
I don't trust her, if you want my honest ~.
▪ get
▪ form
▪
I formed the ~ that he was not to be trusted.
▪ change
OPINION + VERB
▪ change
▪ differ , vary
▪
Opinions differ as to when this wine should be drunk.
OPINION + NOUN
▪ piece
▪
He writes an ~ piece in the ‘New York Times’.
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~
▪
In my ~, golf is a dull sport.
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
She holds strong ~s on education.
▪ ~ as to
▪
~s as to the merits of the plan
▪ ~ of
▪
He has a very high ~ of your work.
PHRASES
▪ be of the ~ that … (= to believe or think that) ( formal )
▪ a difference of ~
▪
a genuine difference of ~ between the experts
▪ in my humble ~ ( humorous )
▪ a matter of ~
▪
‘Miami is wonderful.’ ‘That's a matter of ~.’
2 what people in general think about sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ prevailing
▪ general , popular , public
▪
Contrary to popular ~, not all of Hitchcock's movies were great.
▪ international , local , national , world
▪
The country's government appears disdainful of world ~.
▪ expert , informed , professional
▪ academic , legal , medical , political
… OF OPINION
▪ body
▪
This view is supported by a growing body of professional ~.
VERB + OPINION
▪ mould/mold , shape , sway
▪
attempts to shape public ~
OPINION + VERB
▪ be against sth , be in favour/favor of sth
▪
Prevailing local ~ is against the new road proposals.
▪ be divided
▪
Public ~ is divided on the subject of capital punishment.
OPINION + NOUN
▪ poll
▪ former ( esp. BrE ), leader
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
▪
Opinion among doctors is that the medication is safe.
PHRASES
▪ climate of ~
▪
in the present climate of ~
▪ shades of ~
▪
all shades of political ~