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opportunity (iou)



opportunity noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French opportunite from Latin opportunitas, from opportunus: see OPPORTUNE, -ITY.]
A time or condition favourable for a particular action or aim; occasion, chance. LME.
W. K. Hancock Equality of opportunity implies free scope for natural talent. E. Roosevelt I had plenty of opportunity to meet..interesting men and women. G. Borrow The chance of visiting Bethlehem..was too great an opportunity to be missed. L. McMurtry Texas was the land of opportunity. Proverb: Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
b. A time when there is occasion or need for something. rare. E16-L17.
The quality or fact of being opportune; timeliness, opportuneness. Now rare. LME.
Fitness, aptitude, competency. M16-E17.
Convenience or advantageousness of site or position. M16-L18.
Importunity. L16-M17.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor If opportunity and humblest suit Cannot attain it, why thenhark you hither.
Phrases: equal opportunity: see EQUAL adjective. photo opportunity: see PHOTO noun & adjective. the opportunity of a LIFETIME.
Comb.: opportunity cost Economics the loss of other alternatives when one alternative is chosen; an alternative lost in this way; opportunity shop Austral. & NZ = CHARITY shop (cf. op shop s.v. OP noun5); opportunity State a country which offers many opportunities for advancement.