opine
UK/ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn//oʊˈpaɪn/
opine verb: to express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
Verb
opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)
- To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
- To suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
- Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London...
- This, I opine, is a correct and fair statement of the case.1870, Pennsylvanian College of Dental Surgery, The Dental Times, Vol VII p 130
Noun
opine (plural opines)
- Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant galls.
opine meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
opine in Marathi
- have or express an opinion
- मत मांडणे mat māṇḍṇe
- state as an opinion
- मत मांडणे mat māṇḍṇe
opine in Urdu
- فرض کرنا, رائے دینا, سوچنا
opine in Bengali
- মত প্রকাশ করা, মনে করা
opine in Telugu
- have or express an opinion
- ఆభిప్రాయపడుట ābhiprāyapaḍuṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- opine in Malayalam
- അഭിപ്രായം രൂപീകരിക്കുക, അഭിപ്രായപ്പെടുക, അഭിപ്രായം പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കുക, നിർദ്ദേശിക്കുക
- opine in Kannada
- ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ನಂಬಿಕೆ, ಅಭಿಮತ, ಎಣಿಕೆ
- opine in Arabic
- رَأَى raʔā, ظَنَّ ẓanna
Examples of opine in a sentence
- "You should ha'e cut his dobber off," Inan opined with disgust.
- Opined one Kossack: "His blood is also on Bush's hands."
- And it is Carlylism to opine that the general grand result of increased intelligence is a tendency to deterioration.
Forms of opine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | opines |
| present participle | opining |
| past participle | opined |
| past | opined |
| Noun | |
| plural | opines |
Origin of opine
Borrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.
Derived from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”) + -ine.
Words formed from opine
Words that rhyme with opine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
- rhine
Questions about opine
- What does opine mean?
- Opine means to express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- What is opine in Marathi?
- Opine in Marathi is मत मांडणे (mat māṇḍṇe). See Opine meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is opine?
- Opine can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce opine?
- Opine is pronounced /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of opine?
- The past tense of opine is opined.
Words near opine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: opine (page history and authors); opine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); opine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); opine (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); opine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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