[responsivevoice] opine [/responsivevoice] [ oh-pahyn ]
The word of the day is ‘opine.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is opined.
It means:
1. Think
2. Hold and state as one’s opinion
3. Suggest
4. Believe
1. Hindi – Maan lena
2. Spanish – Opinar
3. French – Opine
4. Mandarin – Āpiàn
1. A pretty large pile of building, I opine, and a pretty long job!
2. The reason is, I opine, that each doth wait for his neighbour to make a move.
3. I opine that the same judgment might be passed upon a great many?
4. “It will not be very difficult, I opine,” said the young man, laughingly.
5. I opine we shall occasion a good deal of trouble to that old party.
surmise, belief, conceive, conclude, declare, feel, guess, imagine, judge, presume, say, suggest, suppose, venture, express an opinion, submit, advance, propose, volunteer, put forward, moot, propound, posit, hazard, observe, comment, remark, consider, maintain, reckon, estimate, conjecture, assume, contend, reason, deduce, theorize, allow
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Some antonyms of the word are:
calculate, disbelieve, know, measure
Quotation:
While I have always thought that the motivation for looking for E.T. was both self-evident and patently worthy, it’s possible that I’m a victim of my own job description. Others don’t inevitably agree. Some will opine that there are better ways to spend the money.
Seth Shostak
Social Example:
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