English Online Dictionary. What means opportunity? What does opportunity mean?
English
Etymology
From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportunitas.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː-/
- (General American) enPR: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē, IPA(key): /ˌɑpɚˈt(j)unəti/, [-ɾi]
- Hyphenation: op‧por‧tun‧i‧ty
Noun
opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)
- A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- seize the opportunity
- take an opportunity
- missed opportunity
- A favorable circumstance or occasion.
- (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness
Derived terms
Related terms
- opportune
- opportunism
- opportunist
- opportunistic
Translations
Further reading
- “opportunity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “opportunity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.