--- title: O — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 453 words of the English dictionary under O, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / O # O — The English dictionary · page 10 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Ooh is a sound people make to show surprise, delight, interest or admiration.[↗](../../ooh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ooh can show pain or worry, as when something hurts or looks dangerous.[↗](../../ooh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Oohs and aahs» means sounds of wonder from a crowd.[↗](../../ooh/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ooh, look at those fireworks\![↗](../../ooh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ooh, is that chocolate cake?[↗](../../ooh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ooh, that must have hurt\![↗](../../ooh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd oohed and aahed at the acrobats.[↗](../../ooh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ooh, I've just had a brilliant idea.[↗](../../ooh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ooh,» said Gran, «what a lovely surprise!»[↗](../../ooh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ooh! the stone, the great big stone! ooh! the stones on top!"[↗](../../ooh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **oolong** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of Chinese tea, partly oxidised, between green tea and black tea in taste and colour.[↗](../../oolong/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa drinks oolong tea after dinner.[↗](../../oolong/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oolong is between green tea and black tea.[↗](../../oolong/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted oolong at the Chinese New Year festival.[↗](../../oolong/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tea shop sells a dozen kinds of oolong.[↗](../../oolong/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oolong leaves are often rolled into small balls.[↗](../../oolong/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Oolong tea comes from China and Taiwan.[↗](../../oolong/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ooze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* verb (of a thick liquid) To flow out slowly: «Honey oozed from the jar».[↗](../../ooze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb To show a lot of a quality: «He oozes confidence».[↗](../../ooze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* noun Soft, wet mud, especially at the bottom of a sea, lake or river.[↗](../../ooze/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jam oozed out of the doughnut.[↗](../../ooze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Green slime oozed from the monster's mouth.[↗](../../ooze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mud oozed between my toes.[↗](../../ooze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Blood oozed from the cut.[↗](../../ooze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer oozed confidence on stage.[↗](../../ooze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea floor is covered with soft ooze.[↗](../../ooze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **oozing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Oozing means slowly flowing or leaking out of something, like thick liquid.[↗](../../oozing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Oozing with a quality means showing a lot of it: «oozing confidence».[↗](../../oozing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective, oozing describes something that is slowly leaking: an oozing wound.[↗](../../oozing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mud was oozing between my toes.[↗](../../oozing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sap was oozing from the cut tree.[↗](../../oozing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was oozing chocolate in the middle.[↗](../../oozing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if a cut keeps oozing.[↗](../../oozing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lava came oozing down the side of the volcano.[↗](../../oozing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new boy was oozing confidence on his first day.[↗](../../oozing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Toothpaste was oozing out of the tube.[↗](../../oozing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Honey kept oozing from the jar.[↗](../../oozing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Placing one under each roasting duck, he muttered, “The sweet fat oozing out will taste well with the hard-cooked breasts.”[↗](../../oozing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **opal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An opal is a precious stone that shows flashing rainbow colours when you move it in the light.[↗](../../opal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Opal is the material itself, a kind of hardened silica that contains water.[↗](../../opal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Opal is also a milky, pale colour.[↗](../../opal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nan has an opal ring that sparkles blue and green.[↗](../../opal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most of the world's opals come from Australia.[↗](../../opal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Coober Pedy, miners dig for opal and some families live in underground houses.[↗](../../opal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The black opal is Australia's national gemstone.[↗](../../opal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When I tilted the opal, colours flashed like a tiny rainbow.[↗](../../opal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Opals contain water, so they can crack if they dry out.[↗](../../opal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom glass had a milky opal colour.[↗](../../opal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals.[↗](../../opal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **opaque** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Opaque means light cannot pass through it, so you cannot see through it, like wood or a brick wall.[↗](../../opaque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hard to understand; not clear (used about words or ideas).[↗](../../opaque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A brick is opaque.[↗](../../opaque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Opaque objects block light and make shadows.[↗](../../opaque/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which materials were transparent, translucent or opaque.[↗](../../opaque/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom window has opaque glass so nobody can see in.[↗](../../opaque/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the seeds in an opaque box to keep them in the dark.[↗](../../opaque/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer was so opaque that nobody understood it.[↗](../../opaque/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is aluminium foil opaque?[↗](../../opaque/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **open** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box.[↗](../../open/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Open means not closed.[↗](../../open/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A shop or place is open when people can go in and use it.[↗](../../open/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Open means not covered or not fenced in: the open sea, open fields.[↗](../../open/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To open can mean to start: «The show opens on Friday».[↗](../../open/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She opens a box with 12 crayons.[↗](../../open/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop opens at 9 and closes at 5.[↗](../../open/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many hours is the shop open?[↗](../../open/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He opened 3 presents.[↗](../../open/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please open your books at page 10.[↗](../../open/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The window is open, so it is cold.[↗](../../open/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A circle is a closed shape, but a «C» is open.[↗](../../open/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new library opens next month.[↗](../../open/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not open the door to strangers.[↗](../../open/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At midnight the cottage door opened.[↗](../../open/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This shall be to them the open land about the cities.[↗](../../open/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.[↗](../../open/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.[↗](../../open/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can open the doors of his face?[↗](../../open/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'[↗](../../open/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.[↗](../../open/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../open/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **opener** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An opener is a tool for opening something, such as a tin opener, can opener or bottle opener.[↗](../../opener/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The opener is the first thing in a series: the first game of a season, the first song of a show, or the first words of a talk.[↗](../../opener/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sport) In cricket, an opener is one of the two batters who bat first.[↗](../../opener/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An eye-opener is something that surprises you and teaches you something new.[↗](../../opener/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pass me the tin opener so I can open the beans.[↗](../../opener/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: a can opener leaves sharp edges.[↗](../../opener/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team won the season opener 3–1.[↗](../../opener/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The openers scored fifty runs before the first wicket fell.[↗](../../opener/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Start your story with a strong opener to hook the reader.[↗](../../opener/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school trip to the farm was a real eye-opener.[↗](../../opener/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The band played their best song as the opener.[↗](../../opener/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **opening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An opening is a gap or hole that something can pass through.[↗](../../opening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An opening is the start of something, such as a story, film, game or match.[↗](../../opening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An opening is a chance or a free job or place, such as a job opening.[↗](../../opening/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The opening of a shop, bridge or show is the event when it first starts to be used.[↗](../../opening/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Opening is the -ing form of open: making something open.[↗](../../opening/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mouse squeezed through a small opening in the fence.[↗](../../opening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The opening of the story begins with a storm.[↗](../../opening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop's opening hours are nine to five.[↗](../../opening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Olympic opening ceremony was full of fireworks.[↗](../../opening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a job opening at the library.[↗](../../opening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is opening her birthday presents.[↗](../../opening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker saw an opening and scored.[↗](../../opening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Write an opening sentence that makes the reader curious.[↗](../../opening/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She saw an opening that led into the depths below.[↗](../../opening/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing many things, thou observest not; opening the ears, he heareth not.[↗](../../opening/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../opening/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.[↗](../../opening/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.130, JPS 1917)[↗](../../opening/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.[↗](../../opening/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../opening/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **openly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Openly means in a way that everyone can see or hear, not secretly.[↗](../../openly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Openly means honestly, without hiding your feelings or thoughts.[↗](../../openly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She talked openly about her worries.[↗](../../openly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He openly admitted he broke the vase.[↗](../../openly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children laughed openly at the joke.[↗](../../openly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can speak openly to your teacher.[↗](../../openly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They openly disagreed in front of the class.[↗](../../openly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox walked openly across the field in daylight.[↗](../../openly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Talk openly with your family about online safety.[↗](../../openly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins openly shared their sweets.[↗](../../openly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the Bat family had not openly joined either side.[↗](../../openly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **opera** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An opera is a play in which the actors sing almost all the words, with an orchestra playing music.[↗](../../opera/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Opera is this kind of music and theatre in general.[↗](../../opera/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An opera house is the building where operas are performed.[↗](../../opera/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An opera box is a small private section of seats in a theatre, where people sit to watch the performance.[↗](../../opera/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched a short opera about a magic flute in music class.[↗](../../opera/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The opera singer sang so loudly the whole hall rang.[↗](../../opera/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My nan loves opera and plays it in the kitchen.[↗](../../opera/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sydney Opera House has a roof shaped like sails.[↗](../../opera/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In an opera, even the arguments are sung.[↗](../../opera/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class wrote a tiny opera about a lost lunchbox.[↗](../../opera/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum watches a soap opera every evening.[↗](../../opera/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "At home," said she, "my windows must be my opera-box.[↗](../../opera/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **operate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To operate a machine is to make it work or control it.[↗](../../operate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To operate means to work or run.[↗](../../operate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The buses operate every ten minutes.[↗](../../operate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A doctor operates when he or she cuts into a patient's body to fix something.[↗](../../operate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To operate means to run a business or organisation.[↗](../../operate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In old tales, to operate can mean to use magic or secret power to make something happen.[↗](../../operate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Only an adult should operate the lawnmower.[↗](../../operate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The trains operate every fifteen minutes.[↗](../../operate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor had to operate on her knee.[↗](../../operate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How do you operate this remote control?[↗](../../operate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop operates seven days a week.[↗](../../operate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot is operated by a computer.[↗](../../operate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose the right operation: add or multiply?[↗](../../operate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bagpiper announced that he would operate that very evening when the moon rose.[↗](../../operate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **operatic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with opera, plays where all or most of the words are sung, with an orchestra.[↗](../../operatic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very dramatic and over-the-top, as in "an operatic display of tears".[↗](../../operatic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has a powerful operatic voice.[↗](../../operatic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The operatic singer hit the highest note perfectly.[↗](../../operatic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school performed an operatic version of "Cinderella".[↗](../../operatic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave an operatic sigh when told to tidy his room.[↗](../../operatic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had operatic music in the big battle scene.[↗](../../operatic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An aria is an operatic song for one singer.[↗](../../operatic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **operating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Working or running, said of a machine or business.[↗](../../operating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making a machine work; controlling it.[↗](../../operating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Doing a medical operation, cutting into a body to fix it.[↗](../../operating/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Used for the work of a hospital operation or of a computer: an operating theatre, an operating system.[↗](../../operating/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lift is not operating today, so use the stairs.[↗](../../operating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only trained adults should be operating the lawnmower.[↗](../../operating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The surgeon is operating on my grandad's knee.[↗](../../operating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our library's operating hours are nine to five.[↗](../../operating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new operating system made the laptop faster.[↗](../../operating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry is operating on a winter timetable.[↗](../../operating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When you are operating on fractions, find a common denominator first.[↗](../../operating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **operation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In maths, an operation is a way of working with numbers: add, subtract, multiply or divide.[↗](../../operation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An operation is when a doctor (a surgeon) fixes something inside the body.[↗](../../operation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An operation is a planned piece of work done by many people: a rescue operation.[↗](../../operation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Today we practise all four operations together.[↗](../../operation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Which operation do we use here?[↗](../../operation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This problem needs two operations.[↗](../../operation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding and subtracting are opposite operations.[↗](../../operation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa had an operation on his knee.[↗](../../operation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctors did the operation in the morning.[↗](../../operation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A big rescue operation found the lost hikers.[↗](../../operation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is another instance of a life-giving operation of a double nature.[↗](../../operation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Thirty-second Path is the Administrative Intelligence, and it is so called because it directs and associates, in all their operations, the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses.[↗](../../operation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../operation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Thirty-second Path is the Administrative Intel- ligence, and it is so called because it directs and asso- ciates in all their operations the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses.[↗](../../operation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../operation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Because they give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.[↗](../../operation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../operation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the harp and the psaltery, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of His hands.[↗](../../operation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../operation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **operative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Working, in action: «The new system is now operative.».[↗](../../operative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A worker, especially one who works machines in a factory.[↗](../../operative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A secret agent or spy.[↗](../../operative/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To do with a medical operation: «post-operative care».[↗](../../operative/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new lift will be operative from Monday.[↗](../../operative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory hired ten more operatives.[↗](../../operative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy film followed a secret operative in Paris.[↗](../../operative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Free» was the operative word in the advert.[↗](../../operative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After his operation Grandad needed post-operative care.[↗](../../operative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules became operative at the start of term.[↗](../../operative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **operator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who works a machine or equipment: «a crane operator».[↗](../../operator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who answers phone calls and connects people, like an emergency operator.[↗](../../operator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A company that runs a service: «a tour operator», «a mobile phone operator».[↗](../../operator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) A symbol for an operation, like + − × ÷.[↗](../../operator/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The emergency operator asked for our address.[↗](../../operator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crane operator lifted the steel beams.[↗](../../operator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In 5 + 3, the operator is the plus sign.[↗](../../operator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose the right operator to make the sum true: 6 \_ 2 = 12.[↗](../../operator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tour operator organised our trip.[↗](../../operator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay calm and listen to the operator.[↗](../../operator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **opinion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An opinion is what you think or believe about something; it may not be the same as what others think.[↗](../../opinion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An opinion is advice or a judgement from an expert, like a doctor's opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In my opinion, dogs are better than cats.[↗](../../opinion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone is allowed their own opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that a fact or an opinion?[↗](../../opinion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What's your opinion of the new playground?[↗](../../opinion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They have different opinions about the film.[↗](../../opinion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor wanted a second opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Give your opinion and a reason for it.[↗](../../opinion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Which pizza is best is a matter of opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "That is your opinion," said the apple-bough.[↗](../../opinion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked.[↗](../../opinion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (See Dr. Graetz's "History of the Jews," Vol. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../opinion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 32) According to the opinion of the author, it may be arranged as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../opinion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here.[↗](../../opinion/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../opinion/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore I say: 'Hearken to me; I also will declare mine opinion.'[↗](../../opinion/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.32.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../opinion/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I also will answer my part, I also will declare mine opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.32.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../opinion/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I held back, and durst not declare you mine opinion.[↗](../../opinion/#x15 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