express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
Used in a Sentence
opine
How to use opine in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for opine.
Editorial note
It's easy to comment, and opine, than to know.
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Quick take
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of opine gathered in one view.
expect, believe, or suppose; "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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for opine.
verb
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
See also: animadvert
verb
expect, believe, or suppose; "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"
Example sentences
It's easy to comment, and opine, than to know.
They can opine all they want, yet the reality is that they simply don't have a good frame of reference.
The kind of privacy that you all opine for every time there's some governmental incursion.
What of it?Well, that means you have zero experience with the majority of concerns expressed in this thread, and so are not qualified to opine on them.
The lesson is:If you don't understand anything about something but need to opine, put the words "lesson" and "engineer" in the head to fake your understanding.
> Highly educated people, especially medical doctors, love to opine on topics outside their field of expertise.
Highly educated people, especially medical doctors, love to opine on topics outside their field of expertise.
A while ago, they found some blow-hard "space policy expert" to opine about how space was hard and how it was absolutely obvious that SpaceX was over-promising and destined to radically under-deliver.
I'm not qualified to opine whether there is a bubble or not, but having recently visited the tech start-up scene in SF & SV from my economically depressed corner of the country it definitely feels unworldly.
So you admit that you're out of your field but then go on to opine about how the scientists that actually are in the field are doing something wrong, and denigrate the predictions they're making as "just simulations" without any experiments.
Had patents come about naturally as common agreements between corporations, then it really wouldn't be my business to opine, but since instead it is a government policy, supported through my own tax dollars, courts, and "implict agreement" to not break said patents under penalty of law, it is very much justified that I should demand they go away without myself needing to prove much of anything -- on the contrary it is those wishing to continue the patent system that need to offer proofs.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use opine in a sentence?
It's easy to comment, and opine, than to know.
What does opine mean?
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
What part of speech is opine?
opine is commonly used as verb.