Phrase guide

in one's opinion

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

According to one's subjectively formed thoughts, not necessarily having any formal basis in fact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: by one's lights, in one's book, to one's mind, to one's way of thinking

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: en la meva opinió — according to one's thinking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對......來說 /对......来说 (duì ... láishuō) — according to one's thinking
  • Finnish: jonkun mielestä — according to one's thinking
  • French: à mon sens — according to one's thinking
  • French: d'après moi — according to one's thinking
  • Galician: na miña opinión — according to one's thinking
  • German: jemandes Meinung nach — according to one's thinking
  • Hungarian: szerint — according to one's thinking
  • Irish: dar le — according to one's thinking
  • Irish: is dóigh le — according to one's thinking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: etter noens mening — according to one's thinking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i noens bok — according to one's thinking
  • Pannonian Rusyn: по своїм думаню (po svojim dumanju) — according to one's thinking
  • Polish: w mojej opinii — according to one's thinking
  • Russian: по своему́ мне́нию (po svojemú mnéniju) — according to one's thinking
  • Spanish: en mi opinión — according to one's thinking
  • Ukrainian: на свою́ ду́мку (na svojú dúmku) — according to one's thinking