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say it: uh-PI-nyuhn
opinion is a noun meaning "a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty". It carries 6 recorded senses.
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
“his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page”
a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people
“he asked for a poll of public opinion”
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
“opinions are usually written by a single judge”
law
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
law
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
“his impression of her was favorable”
“what are your feelings about the crisis?”
“it strengthened my belief in his sincerity”
“I had a feeling that she was lying”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for opinion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.