Opinion vs. Think

A subjective belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed about a topic, issue, person or thing.

Example: ‘I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.’; ‘In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.’; ‘Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.’;

The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

(obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

(obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

(European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible

To have or express as an opinion.

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.

Example: ‘Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persuasion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting.’; ‘I can not put off my opinion so easily.’;

The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

Example: ‘I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.’; ‘Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.’; ‘However, I have no opinion of those things.’;

Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

Example: ‘Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.’; ‘This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises.’;

Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

To opine.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;

Example: ‘my opinion differs from yours’; ‘what are your thoughts on Haiti?’;

a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people;

Example: ‘he asked for a poll of public opinion’;

a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof;

Example: ‘his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page’;

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision;

Example: ‘opinions are usually written by a single judge’;

the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

Example: ‘his impression of her was favorable’; ‘what are your feelings about the crisis?’; ‘it strengthened my belief in his sincerity’; ‘I had a feeling that she was lying’;

An opinion is a judgement, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts, which are true statements.

(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.

Example: ‘Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.’;

(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

Example: ‘I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.’;

(intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).

Example: ‘I tend to think of her as rather ugly.’;

(transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

Example: ‘At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.’; ‘I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.’; ‘I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.’;

(transitive) To guess; to reckon.

Example: ‘I think she’ll pass the examination.’;

To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

To presume; to venture.

To seem, to appear.

An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

Example: ‘I'll have a think about that and let you know.’;

To seem or appear; - used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.

Example: ‘For that I amI know, because I think.’;

To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

Example: ‘Well thought upon; I have it here.’;

To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.

Example: ‘And when he thought thereon, he wept.’; ‘He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?’;

To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.

Example: ‘Let them marry to whom they think best.’;

To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.

Example: ‘I thought to promote thee unto great honor.’; ‘Thou thought'st to help me.’;

To presume; to venture.

Example: ‘Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.’;

To conceive; to imagine.

Example: ‘Charity . . . thinketh no evil.’;

To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

Example: ‘So little womanhoodAnd natural goodness, as to think the deathOf her own son.’;

To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Example: ‘Nor think superfluous other's aid.’;

Act of thinking; a thought.

an instance of deliberate thinking;

Example: ‘I need to give it a good think’;

judge or regard; look upon; judge;

Example: ‘I think he is very smart’; ‘I believe her to be very smart’; ‘I think that he is her boyfriend’; ‘The racist conceives such people to be inferior’;

expect, believe, or suppose;

Example: ‘I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel’; ‘I thought to find her in a bad state’; ‘he didn't think to find her in the kitchen’; ‘I guess she is angry at me for standing her up’;

use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;

Example: ‘I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere’;

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;

Example: ‘I can't remember saying any such thing’; ‘I can't think what her last name was’; ‘can you remember her phone number?’; ‘Do you remember that he once loved you?’; ‘call up memories’;

imagine or visualize;

Example: ‘Just think--you could be rich one day!’; ‘Think what a scene it must have been!’;

focus one's attention on a certain state;

Example: ‘Think big’; ‘think thin’;

have in mind as a purpose;

Example: ‘I mean no harm’; ‘I only meant to help you’; ‘She didn't think to harm me’; ‘We thought to return early that night’;

decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting;

Example: ‘Can you think what to do next?’;

ponder; reflect on, or reason about;

Example: ‘Think the matter through’; ‘Think how hard life in Russia must be these days’;

dispose the mind in a certain way;

Example: ‘Do you really think so?’;

have or formulate in the mind;

Example: ‘think good thoughts’;

be capable of conscious thought;

Example: ‘Man is the only creature that thinks’;

bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation;

Example: ‘She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam’;