opportunity
opportunities
Seize the noun, opportunity, if you're talking about circumstances that allow you do to something you'd like to do. Wouldn't you love to have the opportunity to meet your favorite musician?
When the situation is right for you to do something you're interested in doing, you have the opportunity to do it. The word comes from the Latin phrase, ob portum veniens "coming toward a port" which refers to a favorable wind blowing ships into the harbor. Think of an opportunity as something a good wind blew your way.
Definitions of opportunity
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances“the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington”
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synonyms:
chance
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types:
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brass ring
a rich opportunity or a prize
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day
a period of opportunity
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clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasa
an opportunity to start over without prejudice
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audience, hearing
an opportunity to state your case and be heard
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hunting ground
a place where opportunities abound
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occasion
an opportunity to do something
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opening
opportunity especially for employment or promotion
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room
opportunity for
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say
the chance to speak
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crack, shot
a chance to do something
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street
a situation offering opportunities
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throw
a single chance or instance
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cut-rate sale, sale, sales event
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
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type of:
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possibility, possibleness
capability of existing or happening or being true
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