op-ed
/ˈɒpˌɛd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.26 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.
adj
Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
adj
Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.
adj
Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.
Example Sentences
- "The purpose of an op-ed is to offer an opinion. It is not a news analysis or a weighing up of alternative views. It requires a clear thesis, backed by rigorously marshaled evidence, in the service of a persuasive argument."
- "The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations."
- "For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doer's Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6."
- "Descriptions of him vary from "aggressively intelligent," "inventive," "articulate," "the most ‘op-ed’ academic in the field of education" to "arrogant" "combative," "hostile," and "dismissive" of ideas not his own."
- "Getting either or both of the Cubs and Red Sox into the World Series on their hallowed home fields had been a happy possibility nationally discussed and op-edded since July, and when the two teams were again dispatched winless into winter their fans were left with a last gnawing weirdness: […]"
Etymology
Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial).
Inflected Forms
op-eds (plural)
more op-ed (comparative)
most op-ed (superlative)
op-eds (present, singular)
op-edding (participle, present)
op-edded (participle, past)
op-edded (past)