OPINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does opine mean?
• OPINE (verb)
The verb OPINE has 2 senses:
1. speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation
2. expect, believe, or suppose
Familiarity information: OPINE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OPINE (verb)
Meaning:
Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
animadvert; opine; sound off; 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
Meaning:
Expect, believe, or suppose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; reckon; think; suppose; opine; imagine
Context examples:
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel / I thought to find her in a bad state / he didn't think to find her in the kitchen / 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
