OPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opine mean? 

• OPINE (verb)
  The verb OPINE has 2 senses:

1. express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

2. expect, believe, or suppose

  Familiarity information: OPINE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPINE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they opine    ... he / she / it opines   
Past simple: opined   
Past participle: opined   
-ing form: opining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

animadvert; opine; sound off; speak out; speak up

Context example:

John spoke up at the meeting

Hypernyms (to "opine" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "opine"):

editorialise; editorialize (insert personal opinions into an objective statement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

opinion (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)

opinionative (obstinate in your opinions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expect, believe, or suppose

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

guess; imagine; opine; reckon; suppose; think

Context example:

I guess she is angry at me for standing her up

Hypernyms (to "opine" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "opine"):

suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

opinion (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)

 Context examples 

Alleging temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius, Molony said metallurgists had opined when you get that level of temperature against steel it makes it brittle, and reduces its strength by up to 75 per cent.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)