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To opine is to share your thoughts or opinion.

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When you share your thoughts on an issue, this is an example of a time when you opine.

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transitive verb, intransitive verb opined, opining

to hold or express (an opinion); think; suppose: now usually said, with satirical or judgmental force, of a speaker regarded as pedantic, pompous, etc.

Origin: MFr opiner < L opinari, to think: see opinion

See opine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb o·pined, o·pin·ing, o·pines

verb, transitive

To state as an opinion.

verb, intransitive

To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English opinen

Origin: , from Old French opiner

Origin: , from Latin opīnārī, to suppose

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