- Opportunities
- Opportunity Op`por*tu"ni*ty, n.; pl. {Opportunities}. [F.
opportunit['e], L. opportunitas. See {Opportune}.]
1. Fit or convenient time or situation; a time or place
permitting or favorable for the execution of a purpose; a
suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion;
chance.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence.
Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
