different between opination vs opine

English

Etymology

opine +? -ation

Noun

opination (countable and uncountable, plural opinations)

1. The state or process of opining.

   Because of this lack of detail in the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court had been open to opination.

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French opiner, from Latin op?nor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *op?nus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-op?nus (“not expecting”) and in-op?nus (“not expected”); akin to opt? (“to choose, desire”), and to ap?scor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(?)?pa?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??pa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To have or 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."

2. (intransitive) 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.

Derived terms

• opination

Related terms

• opinion
• opinionated

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (opós, “juice of a plant”) +? -ine.

Noun

opine (plural opines)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours

Translations

Further reading

• opine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• opine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: opinent, opines

Verb

opine

1. first-person singular present indicative of opiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of opiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
5. second-person singular imperative of opiner

Italian

Noun

opine

1. plural of opina

Portuguese

Verb

opine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of opinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of opinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of opinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of opinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?pine/, [o?pi.ne]

Verb

opine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of opinar.