op-ed

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

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.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: mielipidesivu
 * French: tribune libre
 * German: Meinungskommentar,
 * Russian: страни́ца публици́стики

Adjective

 * 1) Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.
 * 2) Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.
 * 1) Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.

Translations

 * Danish: kronik
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To write an op-ed article.