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opinion
English
Etymology
From Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?, from op?nor (“to opine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?nj?n/
- Rhymes: -?nj?n
- Hyphenation: opin?ion
Noun
opinion (plural opinions)
- A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
- Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- Your reasons at / dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant / without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious / without impudency, learned without opinion, and / strange without heresy.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
- (European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible
Derived terms
Related terms
- opination
- opine
- opinionated
Translations
See also
- fact
Verb
opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)
- (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
- But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
Translations
References
- opinion at OneLook Dictionary Search
- opinion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- opinion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Noun
opinion
- accusative singular of opinio
French
Etymology
From Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.pi.nj??/
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “opinion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinioner, definite plural opinionene)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinionar, definite plural opinionane)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion
- Synonym: vejaire
opinion From the web:
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passion
English
Etymology
From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hurt”), see also Old English f?ond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic ???????????????????? (faian, “to blame”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?sh'?n, IPA(key): /?pæ??n/
- (US) IPA(key): [?p?æ??n]
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Noun
passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions)
- Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
- Fervor, determination.
- An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
- Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
- (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
- A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
- (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
- (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
- Antonym: action
- (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
- (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
- (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
Synonyms
- (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned)
- (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- she passioned
To see herself escap'd from so sore ills
- she passioned
- (transitive) To give a passionate character to.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “passion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Pasions, Spinosa, saposin
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s?ion/, [?p?s??io?n]
- Rhymes: -?s?ion
- Syllabification: pas?si?on
Noun
passion
- Genitive singular form of passio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French passion, from Old French passion, borrowed from Latin passi?, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.sj??/
Noun
passion f (plural passions)
- (countable and uncountable) passion
Derived terms
- fruit de la passion
Related terms
- compassion
- pâtir
Further reading
- “passion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
passion
- Alternative form of passioun
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French passion.
Noun
passion f (plural passions)
- passion
Descendants
- French: passion
Old English
Alternative forms
- passio
Etymology
From Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s.si?un/
Noun
passion f (nominative plural passione)
- passion of Christ
Descendants
- >? Middle English: passioun
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “passion”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “passion”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin passio, passionem.
Noun
passion f (oblique plural passions, nominative singular passion, nominative plural passions)
- passion (suffering)
- (specifically, Christianity) the ordeal endured by Jesus in order to absolve humanity of sin
Descendants
- Middle French: passion
- French: passion
- ? Middle English: passioun, pascioun, passion, passione, passioune, passiun, passyon, passyoun, passyun
- English: passion, Passion
- Scots: passion, patient
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (passion)
- passiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
passion From the web:
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- what passion ruled victor’s destiny
- what passion tea good for
- what passion do i have
- what passions are there
- what passion means to me
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