Definition of "opinion" []

• A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: "The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion” ( Elizabeth Drew). (noun)
• A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion. (noun)
• A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts. (noun)
• The prevailing view: public opinion. (noun)
• Law A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court. (noun)

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• "Basically this guy was sugesting that as what I had recieved from Mr. Havock was merely his _opinion_ in the same way as an editorial expresses an opinion, any action I take on the basis of that opinion is my own look out."
• "_The relations of expert opinion and public opinion_"
• "He said on concluding it: "This is a most decided opinion indeed, quite an '_apple [114] opinion_.'""