Who wouldn't want the job of opinion writer for the Times. You get paid to sit around and tell people how you feel about things. And you know that I've got no shortage of opinions.
That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
Noun
the reason for a court''s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
Noun
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"
Noun
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
Noun
a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
Noun
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
Noun
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"
n.
That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on
probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than
positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of
knowledge or action.
n.
The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons
or things; estimation.
n.
Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;
fame; public sentiment or esteem.
n.
Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;
opiniativeness; conceitedness.
n.
The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge,
an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to
consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
v. t.
To opine.
Opinion
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persussion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting.
I can not put off my opinion so easily.2.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
However, I have no opinion of those things.3.
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.
This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises.4.
Opinion
That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
To opine.
Usage Examples
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
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Other Usage ExamplesA little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.
But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.
At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.
And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
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