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opinionating

opinionating is the present participle and gerund of opinionate.

Meaning of opinionate

Verb

opinionate (third-person singular simple present opinionates, present participle opinionating, simple past and past participle opinionated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To have or express as an opinion; to opine.
    • notwithstanding being (as he saith) counselled by a friend of his, at that instant, to kill himselfe, it fell out well for him to opinionate himselfe [translating s'opiniatrer] yet in hope[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (reflexive) To have a given opinion.

See all 3 meanings of opinionate

Questions about opinionating

What is opinionating the present participle and gerund of?
Opinionating is the present participle and gerund of opinionate.

Words near opinionating in the dictionary

  1. opinionated
  2. opinionatedly
  3. opinionatedness
  4. opinionately
  5. opinionates
  6. opinionating
  7. opinionation
  8. opinionations
  9. opinionatist
  10. opinionatists
  11. opinionative

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