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Opportunity

Opportunity Meaning & Definition
Opportunity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Opportunity?

[n] a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Opportunity: chance

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See Also | audience | clean slate | crack | day | fresh start | hearing | hunting ground | occasion | opening | possibility | possibleness | room | say | shot | street | tabula rasa | throw

Opportunity In Webster's Dictionary

\Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Opportunities}. [F. opportunit['e], L. opportunitas. See {Opportune}.] 1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. --Bacon. 2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. --Milton. 3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence. Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection.

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