Op-ed

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒpˌɛd/

Alternative forms

• Op-Ed

Origin

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

Full definition of op-ed

Noun

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.

Adjective

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 NecessityThe 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 & Arno Press, The New York Times biographical service, Volume 22,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.

Anagrams

• deop
• dope
• pedo
• poed, p.o.ed, p.o.'ed