opportunity
English
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Etymology
[edit]From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportunitas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː-/
Audio (UK): (file) - (General American) enPR: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē, IPA(key): /ˌɑpɚˈt(j)unəti/, [-ɾi]
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: op‧por‧tun‧i‧ty
Noun
[edit]opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)
- A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- seize the opportunity
- take an opportunity
- missed opportunity
- The world is full of opportunities and it's up to me to see them and pursue them.
- the opportunity came and went
- You'll get a second opportunity if you miss this one.
- 1935, “letter”, in Department of science, art and literature: Hearings before the Committee on Patents, page 112:
- The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.
- 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:
- Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]
- A favorable circumstance or occasion.
- Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.
- (nonstandard, Euro-English) Opportuneness.
- The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.
Derived terms
[edit]- business opportunity
- equal opportunity
- equal-opportunity
- golden opportunity
- ladder of opportunity
- land of opportunity
- Land of Opportunity
- opportunity class
- opportunity comes knocking
- opportunity cost
- opportunity knocks
- opportunity knocks at every man's door
- opportunity makes a thief
- opportunity room
- opportunity seldom knocks twice
- opportunity servicing
- opportunity shop
- opportunity window
- photo opportunity
- target of opportunity
- universal opportunity
- when opportunity knocks
- window of opportunity
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]chance for advancement, progress or profit
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favorable circumstance or occasion
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Further reading
[edit]- “opportunity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “opportunity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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