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[ noun ] a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Synonyms Examples "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington" "now is your chance" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)economic security and cultural opportunities , incisive idioms , social fermentations for a new national ideology - a sympathetic public and a large body of performers especially trained to fulfill his purpose . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Choose a location within easy commuting distance of both the regular job and other employment opportunities . The presence of alternative job opportunities also will make the place easier to sell if that should become desirable . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)What more could be asked for a Trial intended to warn the world against anti-Semitism than this opportunity to expose the exact link between the respectable anti-Semite and the concentration-camp brute ? (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)The mate , Robert_Juet , who had kept the journal on the half_Moon , was experienced - but he was a bitter old_man , ready to complain or desert at any opportunity . Related terms possibility shot day hearing room hunting_ground throw fresh_start street say brass_ring opening occasion chance |
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