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Webster 1828 Edition

Opportunity

OPPORTU'NITY

Noun.

[L. opportunitas.]

Fit or convenient time; a time favorable for the purpose; suitable time combined with other favorable circumstances. Suitableness of time is the predominant signification, but it includes generally circumstances of place and other conveniences adapted to the end desired.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I had an opportunity to see the cloud descent.

Neglect no opportunity of doing good.

Convenient means. I had an opportunity of sending the letter, or no opportunity to send it. Opportunities rarely occur on frequently offer.

Definition 2024

opportunity

English

Noun

opportunity ‎(plural opportunities)

A chance for advancement, progress or profit.

Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.

I wanted to become a professional, but because of my financial situation there were no opportunities.
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
  Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.
A favorable circumstance or occasion.
(nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness
The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.

Derived terms

photo opportunity
when opportunity knocks
the ladder of opportunity

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Translations

chance for advancement, progress or profit

Arabic: فُرْصَة f ‎(furṣa)
Armenian:
Asturian: oportunidá f
Azeri: imkan (az)
Bashkir: форсат ‎(forsat)
Belarusian: магчы́масць f ‎(mahčýmascʹ), шанс m ‎(šans), шанц m ‎(šanc)
Bulgarian: възмо́жност (bg) f ‎(vǎzmóžnost)
Catalan: oportunitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機會 (zh), 机会 (zh) ‎(jīhuì)
Czech: příležitost (cs) f
Dutch: kans (nl) f
Esperanto:
Estonian: võimalus
Finnish: tilaisuus (fi), mahdollisuus (fi)
French: occasion (fr) f, opportunité (fr) f
Galician: oportunidade (gl) f
Georgian:
German: Gelegenheit (de) f
Greek: ευκαιρία (el) f ‎(efkairía)
Ancient: εὐκαιρία f ‎(eukairía)
Hungarian: alkalom (hu)
Irish: faill f, deis (ga) f
Italian: occasione (it) f, opportunità (it)
Japanese: 機会 (ja) ‎(きかい, kikai)
Kazakh: мүмкіндік (kk) ‎(mümkindik)
Khmer: ឱកាស (km) ‎(aokaah)
Korean: 기회 (ko) ‎(gihoe) (機會 (ko))

Latin: opportunitas f
Latvian: iespēja f
Lithuanian: próga f
Macedonian: можност f ‎(možnost)
Maltese: opportunità f
Mongolian:
Occitan: oportunitat f
Persian: فرصت (fa) ‎(forsat)
Polish: możliwość (pl) f, okazja (pl) f, sposobność (pl) f
Portuguese: oportunidade (pt) f
Romanian: oportunitate (ro) f
Romansch: pussaivladad f (Rumantsch Grischun)
Russian: возмо́жность (ru) f ‎(vozmóžnostʹ), шанс (ru) m ‎(šans)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: прилика f, пригода f

Roman: prilika (sh) f, prigoda (sh) f
Slovak: príležitosť f
Slovene: priložnost (sl) f
Spanish: oportunidad (es) f
Swahili: fursa (sw)
Swedish: tillfälle (sv)
Tajik: фурсат ‎(fursat)
Telugu: అవకాశం (te) ‎(avakāśaṃ)
Thai:
Turkish: fırsat (tr)
Ukrainian: можли́вість f ‎(možlývistʹ), шанс m ‎(šans)
Uzbek: imkoniyat (uz)
Vietnamese: cơ hội (vi) (機會)

favorable circumstance or occasion

Asturian: oportunidá f
Bashkir: форсат ‎(forsat)
Catalan: oportunitat f
Czech: příležitost (cs) f, šance (cs) f
Finnish: tilaisuus (fi)
French: occasion favorable f, opportunité (fr) f (anglicism)
Galician: oportunidade (gl) f
German: Gelegenheit (de) f
Greek: ευκαιρία (el) f ‎(efkairía)

Latin: opportunitas f
Occitan: oportunitat f
Portuguese: oportunidade (pt) f
Russian: удо́бный слу́чай m ‎(udóbnyj slúčaj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: prilika (sh) f, prigoda (sh) f
Spanish: oportunidad (es) f
Swahili: fursa (sw), nafasi (sw)

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: begin · wait · laughed · #791: opportunity · lines · personal · due

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Opportunity

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