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How to pronounce opportunity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chance
Type of possibility, possibleness
Has types clean slate, crack, day, fresh start, hearing, hunting ground, occasion, opening, room, say, shot, street, tabula rasa, audience, throw, brass ring
Derivation opportune


the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.

Examples of opportunity

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Everyone who enjoys eating out now has the opportunity to help Hillsboro School.
From the tennessean.com
He would become a very valuable commodity if able to cash in on the opportunity.
From the stltoday.com
I question whether he would have had the opportunity to win one in today's game.
From the stltoday.com
It was a tragic, missed opportunity to bring about regime change in North Korea.
From the washingtontimes.com
I ended up leasing, which is a good opportunity to see if I can do it on my own.
From the news-journalonline.com
Better health through better information is a huge, mostly-untapped opportunity.
From the techcrunch.com
It should create a nice opportunity to get going in the right direction quickly.
From the sacbee.com
Even if you've missed some of these stocks, there's still opportunity to get in.
From the forbes.com
Even when you do get an opportunity to get to him, he evades pressure very well.
From the omaha.com
More examples
  • A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
  • In US Criminal law, means, motive, and opportunity is a popular cultural summation of the three aspects of a crime needed to convince a jury of guilt in a criminal proceeding. ...
  • Opportunity, mission designation MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover - B), is the second of the two rovers of NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission. ...
  • The Opportunity is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley, published in 1640. The play has been called "a capital little comedy, fairly bubbling over with clever situations and charming character."
  • (Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)) "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by UK synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as a single in 1985 and then in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the UK and U.S. with its second release.
  • A chance for advancement, progress or profit; a favorable circumstance or occasion
  • (Opportunities) this fund basically invests in those companies which finds new opportunities in the market. Franklin India Opportunities Fund, Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund.
  • (Opportunities) Chances for young people to learn how to act in the world around them, to explore, express, earn, belong, and influence. Opportunities give young people the chance to test ideas and behaviors and to experiment with different roles. ...
  • (Opportunities) Circumstances to decrease the gap between the market potential of any technology or practice and the economic potential, or technical potential.