to opine
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7.9
- verb
- /əˈpaɪn/
- When asked about the new policy, she opined that it would benefit many communities.
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Watch on YouTubeMany of the folks posting were opining that you have to change yourself again.
- Many of the folks posting were opining that you have to change yourself again.
- And lots of people opine about what are our greatest sources of stress in the world right now?
- But but what if you had people maybe privately opining on who they think is smartest on particular topics?
- And here we all saw the footage and here it's just LeBron opining based on the facts that everyone else could see.
- And we opine that the plausible mechanism for this happening is thus and such.
- So we, you know, we can opine on this subject, but really what we really need is a an expert.
- And it's difficult even for me to opine upon, you know, why certain people may adopt or not adopt Bitcoin.
- That's a problem too, because you shouldn't, you probably shouldn't be opining about people in a book if you don't actually know what you're talking about.
- We do not want our Admirals and generals, no matter how senior, opining publicly about what is in essence of political decision.
- Who would like to go first on that one earlier to the other panelists to opine?
Examples
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Doctors, media, and political leaders were so perplexed by McKinley's quick and unexpected decline that many opined that the bullet must have been poisoned.
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One occasionally overhears a music teacher opining that program quality is not a numbers game.
Academic text (2011) -
The press has total license to do and opine with whatever they want on politics.
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And lots of people opine about what are our greatest sources of stress in the world right now?
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I really appreciate that in order to live a life in public, you're going to opine on a million different things.
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And I would opine that they're being kept secret because they probably did illegal things.
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And we opine that the plausible mechanism for this happening is thus and such.
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President George H.W. Bush once opined that "America has more will than wallet, but what we need is will."
Academic text (2004) -
Is it foolish, as Owen Harries opines, to disregard Russia's interests in the region?
Academic text (1999) -
That's a problem too, because you shouldn't, you probably shouldn't be opining about people in a book if you don't actually know what you're talking about.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To have an opinion or guess about something
∞
1.0
To think something is likely without being sure
∞
2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
∞
1.1
To believe something to be true
720
1.7
To give an opinion about something
296
3.4
To say your opinion or feelings openly even when it is difficult
229
3.4
To think or believe something is true
180
3.8
To show an opinion in public by what you wear or do
180
3.1
Give your opinion clearly and firmly even when it is difficult
39
5.2
Form an opinion about someone or something, often a critical one
36
7.5
To suggest that something is true as the start of an argument
26
3.2
To say your thoughts or views aloud in public
17
7.0
To say your opinion or complain loudly and openly
4
7.9
To offer an idea or theory for others to think about
1
3.5
Say what you think openly
To express your personal views about a subject
Antonyms
How Strongly
- Formal
937
3.7
217
3.9
225
1.6
23
7.9
∞
1.6
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Opine comes from a Latin word that also gives us opinion, which means 'a view or belief'. So to opine is simply to 'say' what you think or to give your opinion.