op-ed

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Etymology

Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial).

Pronunciation

Noun

op-ed (plural op-eds)

  1. 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.
    • 2017 August 26, Bret Stephens, “Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      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.

Translations

newspaper page containing signed articles

Adjective

op-ed (comparative more op-ed, superlative most op-ed)

  1. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
    • 2009/05/08, William Safire, Choice or Necessity
      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.
  2. Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.
    • 2005, Art & Collection Group, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art:
      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.
  3. Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.
    • 1991, New York Times, The New York Times biographical service, volume 22, Arno Press:
      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.

Translations

Verb

op-ed (third-person singular simple present op-eds, present participle op-edding, simple past and past participle op-edded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To write an op-ed article.
    • 2003 November 17, Roger Angell, “Gone South”, in The New Yorker‎:
      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: […]

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