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1 opinion
[ə'pinjən]1) (what a person thinks or believes: My opinions about education have changed.) álit, skoðun2) (a (professional) judgement, usually of a doctor, lawyer etc: He wanted a second opinion on his illness.) álit3) (what one thinks of the worth or value of someone or something: I have a very high opinion of his work.) álit•- be of the opinion that- be of the opinion
- in my
- your opinion
- a matter of opinion -
2 a matter of opinion
(something about which different people have different opinions or views: Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion.) álitamál -
3 be of the opinion (that)
(to think: He is of the opinion that nothing more can be done.) vera þeirrar skoðunar (að) -
4 be of the opinion (that)
(to think: He is of the opinion that nothing more can be done.) vera þeirrar skoðunar (að) -
5 public opinion poll
(a way of finding out public opinion by questioning a certain number of people.) almenn skoðanakönnun -
6 your etc opinion
(according to what I, you etc think: In my opinion, he's right.) að mínu áliti -
7 heresy
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8 poll
[pəul] 1. noun1) (an election: They organized a poll to elect a president.) kosningar2) (the number of votes: There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes).) kosningaþátttaka3) ((also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions.) skoðanakönnun2. verb(to receive a number of votes: He polled fifty per cent of the votes.) hljóta atkvæði- polling-station
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9 public
(of, for, or concerning, the people (of a community or nation) in general: a public library; a public meeting; Public opinion turned against him; The public announcements are on the back page of the newspaper; This information should be made public and not kept secret any longer.) almennur, almennings-, almanna-; opinber- publicly- publicity
- publicize
- publicise
- public holiday
- public house
- public relations
- public service announcement
- public spirit
- public-spirited
- public transport
- in public
- the public
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10 admire
1) (to look at with great pleasure and often to express this pleasure: I've just been admiring your new car.) dá, dást að2) (to have a very high opinion of (something or someone): I admire John's courage.) dást að•- admirably
- admiration
- admirer
- admiring
- admiringly -
11 arbitrary
(not decided by rules or laws but by a person's own opinion: He made a rather arbitrary decision to close the local cinema without consulting other people.) geðþóttalegur, geðþótta- -
12 authoritative
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13 back down
(to give up one's opinion, claim etc: She backed down in the face of strong opposition.) draga í land -
14 badly etc of
(to have a good, or bad, opinion of: She thought highly of him and his poetry.) meta (mikils) -
15 base
I 1. [beis] noun1) (the foundation, support, or lowest part (of something), or the surface on which something is standing: the base of the statue; the base of the triangle; the base of the tree.) undirstaða; stallur; neðsti hluti2) (the main ingredient of a mixture: This paint has oil as a base.) grunnur, grunnefni, undirstöðuefni3) (a headquarters, starting-point etc: an army base.) bækistöð; höfuðstöðvar2. verb((often with on) to use as a foundation, starting-point etc: I base my opinion on evidence; Our group was based in Paris.) grundvalla, byggja á- baselessII [beis] adjective(wicked or worthless: base desires.) auvirðilegur- basely- baseness -
16 carry weight
(to have influence: His opinion carries a lot of weight around here.) vegur þungt -
17 change one's mind
(to alter one's intention or opinion (about something): He was going to go to France but he changed his mind.) skipta um skoðun -
18 conjecture
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19 consensus
[kən'sensəs](the feeling of most people: The consensus of opinion is that we should do this.) almennt álit -
20 contempt
[kən'tempt]1) (very low opinion; scorn: She spoke with utter contempt of her husband's behaviour.) fyrirlitning2) (disregard for the law.) óvirðing•- contemptibly
- contemptuous
- contemptuously
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