op-ed

Meanings

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.

Adjective

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

Verb

• To write an op-ed article.

Origin

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