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opportunity

[ op-er-too-ni-tee, -tyoo- ]

noun

, plural op·por·tu·ni·ties.
  1. an appropriate or favorable time or occasion:

    Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.

  2. a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal.
  3. a good position, chance, or prospect, as for advancement or success.


opportunity

/ ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ /

noun

  1. a favourable, appropriate, or advantageous combination of circumstances
  2. a chance or prospect


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Word History and Origins

Origin of opportunity1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English opportunite, from Middle French, from Latin opportūnitās “convenience, fitness,” equivalent to opportūn(us) ( opportune ) + -itās -ity

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Example Sentences

This lets you plan ahead and prepare for traffic boosting opportunities that will arise in the days to come.

In positioning the character the way that he does, the actor also gives audiences an opportunity to ask themselves what choices they might’ve made if they were in O’Neal’s shoes.

Any opportunity to engage clearly and candidly with your child is positive, but sometimes kids are more self-conscious than their parents.

B2B advertisers are changing the way they play the search marketing game in 2021, and those who innovate early and often are the ones who rise to the challenge, and, ultimately, capitalize on the opportunity.

Although the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, many low-income students, who are disproportionately people of color, do not have access to high-quality educational resources and opportunities.

Both parties are now equal opportunity offenders when it comes to gaming the system.

At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.

In fact, these kinds of advances helped give religion another huge window of opportunity for racial reconciliation in the 1960s.

Now imagine that one day hope appeared, an unexpected opportunity to free yourself, to finally be yourself.

I had the opportunity to appear on the popular Sons of Anarchy series in their final season.

I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.

The real experience has a magnetism of its own and will win above mere technicality whenever it has the opportunity.

England gladly seized the opportunity of injuring her enemy and sent aid to the people of Spain.

On the march Harry had an opportunity to tell Lawrence much that had happened to him since they parted.

The humorist and satirist lost no opportunity of deriding the new fashion and its followers.

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