opportunity
Syllables: op·por·tun·i·ty/ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ//ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/
opportunity noun: a chance for advancement, progress or profit.
Noun
opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)
- A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- seize the opportunity
- take an opportunity
- Synonyms:
- opening
- A favorable circumstance or occasion.
- Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.
- Opportuneness.
- The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.
- In the Communist party he found what many intellectuals need: absolute certainty in defiance of facts, an opportunity of total commitment that supersedes criticism and stills every anxiety.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
opportunity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
opportunity in Hindi
- chance for advancement, progress or profit
- अवसर avsar, मौक़ा mauqā
- favorable circumstance or occasion
- अवसर avsar
opportunity in Tamil
- வாய்ப்பு, சந்தர்ப்பம், தருணம்
opportunity in Marathi
- opportunity, chance
- अवसर avsar
- opportunity
- संधी sandhī
opportunity in Urdu
- chance for advancement, progress or profit
- فرصت fursat, موقع mauqa'
More languagesFewer languages
- opportunity in Bengali
- মওকা moōka
- opportunity in Telugu
- అవకాశం avakāśaṁ
- opportunity in Malayalam
- അവസരം avasaraṁ, തക്കം takkaṁ
- opportunity in Kannada
- ಸವಲತ್ತು savalattu
- opportunity in Punjabi
- ਅਵਸਰ avasar, ਵੇਲ਼ਾ veḷā, بوہا būhā, ویلا velā
- opportunity in Gujarati
- લાગ lāg, તાલ tāl
- opportunity in Odia
- ମୋକା mokā, ବେଳ beḷa, ତୀର୍ଥ tirtha
- opportunity in Sanskrit
- अन्तर ántara, काण्ड, पर्वन् párvan
- opportunity in Assamese
- ফাঁক phãk
- opportunity in Nepali
- अवसर
- opportunity in Pashto
- فرصت fersát
- opportunity in Arabic
- فُرْصَة furṣa
- opportunity in Persian
- فرصت forsat, شانس šâns
- opportunity in Thai
- โอกาส oo-gàat
- opportunity in Vietnamese
- cơ hội
- opportunity in Myanmar
- အခွင့်အရေး a.hkwang.a.re:
Examples of opportunity in a sentence
- the opportunity came and went
- You'll get a second opportunity if you miss this one.
- The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.1935, “letter”, in Department of science, art and literature: Hearings before the Committee on Patents, page 112:
- Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of opportunity
Forms of opportunity
| plural | opportunities |
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Origin of opportunity
From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās.
Words formed from opportunity
- business opportunity
- crisitunity
- equal opportunity
- equal-opportunity
- golden opportunity
- inopportunity
- jump at the opportunity
- ladder of opportunity
- Land of Opportunity
- oopsortunity
- opportunitroph
- opportunity class
- opportunity comes knocking
- opportunity cost
- opportunity knocks
- opportunity knocks at every man's door
- opportunityless
- opportunity makes a thief
- opportunity makes the thief
- opportunity room
- opportunity seldom knocks twice
- opportunity servicing
- opportunity shop
- opportunity window
- opportunivore
- photo opportunity
- seize the opportunity
- swapportunity
- target of opportunity
- universal opportunity
- when opportunity knocks
- window of opportunity
Phrases with opportunity
- opportunity costs
- opportunity rooms
- opportunity shops
- opportunity classes
- opportunity windows
- seized the opportunity
- seizes the opportunity
- targets of opportunity
- windows of opportunity
- seizing the opportunity
- jumps at the opportunity
- jumped at the opportunity
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Questions about opportunity
- What does opportunity mean?
- Opportunity means a chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- What is opportunity in Hindi?
- Opportunity in Hindi is अवसर (avsar), मौक़ा (mauqā). See Opportunity meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use opportunity in a sentence?
- the opportunity came and went
- What part of speech is opportunity?
- Opportunity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce opportunity?
- Opportunity is pronounced /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of opportunity?
- The plural of opportunity is opportunities.
Words near opportunity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: opportunity (page history and authors); opportunity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अवसर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಸವಲತ್ತು (Kannada) (page history and authors); بوہا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તાલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ତୀର୍ଥ (Odia) (page history and authors); अन्तर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ফাঁক (Assamese) (page history and authors); opportunity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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