opined

[oh-pahynd]

adjective

1. held or expressed as an opinion.

   On this website we debunk all the frequently opined arguments and myths around the gender pay gap.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of opine.

Other Word Forms

• unopined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of opined¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; opine ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective ; opine ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Later, when asked about constitutional interpretation, she opined about the slippery text of the 4th Amendment, the same amendment implicated in Monday’s unsigned order.

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It makes the viewer "wish that Marvel had reached this point years ago", he opined.

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“There was a qualitative opinion not in favor of Ms. Parks having these positions and people who aren’t emergency managers opined about the value or the worth of these positions,” Featherstone said.

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“If ‘Sesame Street’ programming were put up for auction,” Will opined in The Washington Post, “the danger would be of getting trampled by the stampede of potential bidders.”

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“Fascist isn't quite the right category for the Empire,” opined a commenter on a 2022 think piece posted on the Online Library of Liberty.

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