Definitions for opines

opines o·pine

Spelling: [oh-pahyn]
IPA: /oʊˈpaɪn/

Opines is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in opines (einops).

Definitions for opines

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to hold or express an opinion.

Origin of opines

First recorded in 1575-85, opine is from the Latin word opīnārī to think, deem

Examples for opines

My friend, Colonel Bramleigh, opines that a French cook always means nine-o'clock dinner.

And his own way, he opines, must be the right way for every one.

Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.

How can a man who opines or affirms, opine or affirm falsely — that is, opine or affirm the thing that is not?

I opines you takes my word for it that they are just what I says.

“The president should have ordered the hanging of the local chief of security,” she opines.

And may we not say that the mind of the one who knows has knowledge, and that the mind of the other, who opines only, has opinion?

He opines that this lignite is a mere indication of the immense vein of true carbon beneath.

"You could say it's the blondes and Bethenny versus the brunettes," he opines cheerfully.

The almost appropriate Stake is out of date, but Mr. Punch opines that the Pillory would be none too bad for them.

Word Value for opines
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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