opinion
Definitions
General English
- noun what someone thinks about something
Accounting
- noun a piece of expert advice
Law
- noun a judgment delivered by a court, especially the House of Lords
- noun an opinion of the European Community which is not legally binding
Medical
- noun what a person thinks about something
Politics
- noun a belief or set of beliefs held by people about an issue
Origin & History of “opinion”
Opinion comes via Old French from Latin opīniō, a derivative of opīnārī ‘think’. It is not certain where this came from, although some have linked it with Latin optāre ‘choose’, source of English adopt (16th c.), co-opt (17th c.), opt (19th c.), and option (17th c.).
