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seizes the opportunity

seizes the opportunity is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seize the opportunity.

Meaning of seize the opportunity

Verb

seize the opportunity (third-person singular simple present seizes the opportunity, present participle seizing the opportunity, simple past and past participle seized the opportunity)

  1. (idiomatic) To immediately seize a particular opportunity.
    • Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC

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What is seizes the opportunity the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Seizes the opportunity is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seize the opportunity.

Words near seizes the opportunity in the dictionary

  1. seizes
  2. seizes on
  3. seizes out
  4. seizes the day
  5. seizes the initiative
  6. seizes the opportunity
  7. seizes up
  8. seizes upon
  9. seizest
  10. seizeth
  11. seizin

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