## Meanings
1. What someone thinks or believes about a person, thing, or issue.
2. A judgement about how good or valuable someone or something is.
3. An official statement of the reasons behind a court's decision.

## Examples
- I would like to know your opinion on the new filing system.
- I have a high opinion of her work.
- The judge's opinion explained the ruling in detail.

## Derived Forms
- counteropinion
- disopinion
- feelpinion
- imho
- misopinion
- opinionable
- opinionaire
- opinional
- opinionate
- opinionative
- opinioned
- opinionist

## Related Forms
- fact
- opination
- opine
- opinionated

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: opinion
- Root: opīniō

## Etymology
From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.

## AI Etymology
Opinion comes from English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna. Modern senses include what someone thinks or believes about a person, thing, or issue and a judgement about how good or valuable someone or something is. The wider word family includes derivatives such as counteropinion, disopinion, feelpinion, imho, misopinion, and opinionable and related forms such as fact, opination, opine, and opinionated.

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