Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A favorable or advantageous circumstance or combination of circumstances.
- noun A chance for progress or advancement, as in a career.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fit, convenient, or seasonable time; favorable chance or occasion; favorable or favoring conjuncture of circumstances: as, to avail one's self of the opportunity to do something; to seize the opportunity.
- noun Convenience, fitness, or suitability for some particular purpose or set of circumstances.
- noun Importunity; earnestness.
- noun Character; habit. Halliwell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Fit or convenient time or situation; a time or place permitting or favorable for the execution of a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.
- noun obsolete Convenience of situation; fitness.
- noun obsolete Importunity; earnestness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
chance foradvancement ,progress orprofit . - noun A
favorable circumstance oroccasion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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Examples
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Indeed, she insinuated that I was perfectly willing to squander the safety of our family just because I couldn't get a deal on batteries, wondering whether I'd ever heard the expression "opportunity cost."
Batteries or Bankruptcy Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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When Flair learned that Warrior was getting the title opportunity at SummerSlam instead of him, he launched another series of well-calculated mind games.
WWE Championship Kevin Sullivan 2010
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NXT guys than talking about his title opportunity on Sunday.
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If Povetkin takes another fight, tune-up or otherwise, he loses his title opportunity because the IBF will take away his mandatory ranking.
BoxingScene.com 2010
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Triple H reminds Shawn that he still has his title opportunity with the Elimination Chamber.
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Triple H reminds Shawn that he still has his title opportunity with the Elimination Chamber.
PWInsider Latest Articles Buck Woodward 2010
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Could have used some sort of verbal discussion from Jack Swagger pre-match to express what this title opportunity means to him.
PWTorch.com 2009
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Last Saturday night in Houston, Texas, Rocky Juarez had yet another title opportunity and was once again unable to capture a belt.
BoxingScene.com 2009
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It was put over as unlucky for C.M. Punk and he still looked pretty good, so perhaps he'll get another title opportunity sometime after the winner of No Mercy's number one contender's match gets their shot.
PWTorch.com 2008
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I will cetainly be glad to "collect" an animal anytime the opportunity is available, because there have been many miles of briers, ticks, mosquitos, sand gnats, snakes, sweat and effort expended in between.
edwardvielmetti commented on the word opportunity
the public library as a place of
December 11, 2006
erika commented on the word opportunity
Opportunity ist eine Gelegenheit
Now i habe e opportunity to learn english
May 14, 2009
rie commented on the word opportunity
* a chance to be able to do something what we wanna do or achieve
I've got an opportunitiyto learn how to surf in Hawaii.
May 14, 2009
kayo commented on the word opportunity
a good time what you want to do
May 14, 2009
natsuki commented on the word opportunity
chance
May 14, 2009
ayuko commented on the word opportunity
This is a good opportunity to make new friends.
May 14, 2009
rolig commented on the word opportunity
knock, knock
May 14, 2009
bilby commented on the word opportunity
Who's there?
May 14, 2009
rolig commented on the word opportunity
When opportunity knocks, you shouldn't ask questions!
May 14, 2009
GHibbs commented on the word opportunity
'Opportunity cost' is an adjectival use.
November 14, 2011