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Definitions for: Opportunity [n] a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: chance
See Also: audience, clean slate, crack, day, fresh start, hearing, hunting ground, occasion, opening, possibility, possibleness, room, say, shot, street, tabula rasa, throw
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