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opined

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Thought or expressed an opinion. It is a somewhat formal or literary verb.

Detailed Definition
Hardy uses this verb to describe the innkeepers’ guess about the couple’s relationship. The word is not common in everyday speech, so readers may pause over it even though the meaning is recoverable from context.
Example
Example in poetry:
Opined is the past tense of opine, meaning expressed an opinion, often with a formal or lightly ironic tone; “They warmed as they opined / Us more than friends” shows speakers interpreting a relationship aloud; “The critic opined that the poem’s silence was its argument” frames judgment as voiced opinion rather than fact; In dialogue, opined can characterize a speaker as pompous, careful, authoritative, or humorous
Additional Notes
In “They warmed as they opined,” the verb is a literary/formal word that is less familiar than ordinary synonyms like thought or guessed.; Found in the poem, At An Inn by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
expressed stated declared asserted
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