op-ed

See also: oped

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒpˌɛd/

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^[1], →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

• Asturian: artículu d'opinión m, páxina d'opinión f
• Dutch: opiniepagina (nl) f
• Finnish: mielipidesivu
• French: tribune libre f
• German: Gastkommentarseite f, Gastbeiträge & Gastkommentare m pl
• Russian: страни́ца публици́стики f (straníca publicístiki)
• Spanish: artículo de opinión m, página de opinión f

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

containing signed articles

• Danish: kronik c
• Dutch: opinie- (nl)
• Finnish: mielipide- (fi)

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^[2]:

     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: […]

Anagrams

• DOPE, deop, pedo, p.o.ed, p.o.'ed, poed, Depo, pedo-, pode, depo, dope