opining

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noun

The act of giving one's opinion.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of opine
nounopining (plural opinings)

plural opinings

  1. The act of giving one's opinion.

    Now, sailors love marvels, and love to repeat them. And from many an old shipmate I have heard various sage opinings, concerning the phenomenon in question.

    1849, Herman Melville, chapter 38, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål synsing
  • synsinggiving of one's opinion
Swedish tyckande
  • tyckandegiving of one's opinion
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