opined
past simple and past participle ofopine
opine
verb[T]
formaluk/əʊˈpaɪn/us/oʊˈpaɪn/toexpressanopinion:
[+ speech]Powergrowsfrom thebarrelof agun, opined Mao.
[+ that]Ernest Rutherford opinedthathisworkonradioactivesubstanceswould be of little or nopracticaluse.
to say something
- sayWhen I say your name, raise your hand.
- utterShe barely uttered a word all morning.
- they sayThey say the house is haunted.
- it is saidIt is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
- stateUnion members stated that they were unhappy with the proposal.
- remarkHe remarked that she was looking thin.
Expressing and asking opinions
- amirite
- apothegm
- couch
- day
- editorialize
- express
- far
- propound
- run
- runsomethingbysomeone
- screed
- should've
- soapbox
- sound
- sound off
- talk
- vociferous
- vociferously
- would
- wouldn't
Examplesofopined
opined
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A contemporary chronicleropined(in the annal for 1011) that 'all those disasters befell us through bad policy (unraeligdas)'.
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The case got registered but wasopinedto be extremely weak for any conviction of the culprits in a court of law.
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One scientistopinedthat research simply cannot go on if any more controls are introduced.
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Still, the authoropinedthat modernity offered some benefits.
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One such guardianopinedthat it will bring down the age of marriage.
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One must, heopined, be moderately pretty and avoid too much violence in a theatrical performance.
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The maistriesopinedthat a reduction of wages had been one of the main reasons of the 'boat men's' desertion.
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First itopinedthat the sanction mechanism was too heavy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Itopinedthat the quality of service to passengers had reached an all-time low.
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Interestingly, heopinedthat the agency "will achieve the aim of being independent, giving consumer confidence in the food chain".
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Once they haveopined, there can be no practical role for any other body.
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Heopinedthat in virtually any happy relationship, one of the characters has to die to provide angst to the more major character.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He added that it was better late than never andopinedthat some would call it a non-event for the soap opera.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of more immediate concern, theyopined, was the fluid that filled two-thirds of one of his lungs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They furtheropinedthat centralization of both data and analysis could aid in decreasing variability between experiments and in comparing results.
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- gatekeeper
- gatekeeping
- gate money
- gate-money
- gatepost
- gate receipt
- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
- gates-of-the-arctic-national-park-and-preserve
- gateway
- gateway drug
- gateway-drug
- gateway-to
- gateway to somewhere
- gather
- gather dust
- gather-dust
- gathered
- gathered crowd
- gatherer
- gathering
- gathering-of-the-clans
- gathering place
- gathering spot
- gathering storm
- gather momentum