Opinion poll

Definition

opinion /ǝ'pÇniǝn / n ၁။ [C] ~ (of/ about sb/ sth) ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္။ ခံယူခ်က္။ What's your opinion of the new President? ❍ In my opinion, it's a very sound investment. ❍ We should ask Bill's opinion about the layout of the equipment. ❍ The chairman's opinion should be sought. ❍ What are his political opinions? ❍ It is my opinion that he should resign. ၂။ [U] သေဘာထား။ ခံယူခ်က္။ Opinion is shifting in favour of the new scheme. ❍ The project seems excellent, but local/ popular opinion is against it. ၃။ [C] အႀကံဉာဏ္။ သေဘာထား။ ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္။ get a lawyer's opinion on the question ❍ If you don't mind, I'd like a second (ie somebody else's) opinion before I make the decision. ❏ be of the opinion that… [ IDM ] ( fml ) ထင္ျမင္သည္။ ယူဆသည္။ I'm of the opinion that we should take a risk. ❏ have a good, bad, high, low, etc opinion of sb/sth [ IDM ] အထင္ (ႀကီး၊ ေသး) သည္။ The boss has a very high opinion of her. ❍ She has a poor opinion of your written work. ❏ opinionated /-eÇtÇd / ( also self- opinionated) adj ( derog ) ေခါင္းမာေသာ။ He is very opinionated and likes to have the last word in an argument. ❏ opinion poll n = POLL n ၂

Examples

1. [opinion of] : What is your opinion of her latest novel?
2. [opinion on] : His opinions on European union are well known.
3. [have a opinion of] : He seems to have a low opinion of women.
4. [an opinion] : The students were not given the chance to express an opinion.
5. [form an opinion] : She seems to have formed a good opinion of him.
6. [be of the opinion that] : The doctor was of the opinion that surgery was unnecessary.
7. [the same opinion] : My wife and I are of the same opinion on smoking.
8. [a difference of opinion] : Despite our many differences of opinion
9. we remained good friends.
10. [opinion] : Public opinion has turned against Senator McCormac in recent months.
11. [opinion] : We rely on expert opinion when deciding about technical matters.