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- 1.1 Etymology
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  - 1.3.3 Translations
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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:opportunityWikipedia

Etymology

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From opportune +‎ -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː.-/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) enPR: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē, IPA(key): /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/, [-ɾi]
- Audio (US): (file)
(Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɔpə(r)tʃʊnɪʈi/, /əˈpɔ(r)tʃʊnɪʈi/
Hyphenation: op‧por‧tun‧i‧ty

Noun

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opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)

A chance for advancement, progress or profit. seize the opportunity take an opportunity missed opportunity The world is full of opportunities and it's up to me to see them and pursue them. the opportunity came and went You'll get a second opportunity if you miss this one.
- 1935, “letter”, in Department of science, art and literature: Hearings before the Committee on Patents, page 112:The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.
- 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.
A favorable circumstance or occasion. Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.
(nonstandard, Euro-English) Opportuneness. The Court questioned the opportunity of introducing these measures in such an uncertain economic climate.

Derived terms

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business opportunity
crisitunity
equal opportunity
equal-opportunity
golden opportunity
inopportunity
jump at the opportunity
ladder of opportunity
Land of Opportunity
land of opportunity
oopsortunity
opportunitroph
opportunity class
opportunity comes knocking
opportunity cost
opportunity knocks
opportunity knocks at every man's door
opportunityless
opportunity makes a thief
opportunity makes the thief
opportunity room
opportunity seldom knocks twice
opportunity servicing
opportunity shop
opportunity window
opportunivore
photo opportunity
seize the opportunity
swapportunity
target of opportunity
universal opportunity
when opportunity knocks
window of opportunity

Related terms

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opportune
opportunism
opportunist
opportunistic

Translations

[edit] chance for advancement, progress or profit

Albanian: mundësi (sq) f, shans m, nge (sq) f
Arabic: فُرْصَة f (furṣa) Egyptian Arabic: فرصة f (furṣa)
Armenian: հնարավորություն (hy) (hnaravorutʻyun)
Asturian: oportunidá f
Azerbaijani: imkan (az), fürsət (az)
Bashkir: форсат (forsat)
Belarusian: магчы́масць f (mahčýmascʹ), шанс m (šans), шанц m (šanc)
Bengali: মওকা (bn) (moōka)
Bulgarian: възмо́жност (bg) f (vǎzmóžnost), шанс (bg) m (šans)
Burmese: အခွင့်အရေး (my) (a.hkwang.a.re:)
Catalan: oportunitat (ca) f, ocasió (ca) f
Chinese: Cantonese: 機會 / 机会 (gei1 wui6) Hokkien: 機會 / 机会 (zh-min-nan) (ki-hōe) Mandarin: 機會 / 机会 (zh) (jīhuì)
Czech: příležitost (cs) f, šance (cs) f
Danish: mulighed (da) c, chance (da) c
Dutch: kans (nl) f, mogelijkheid (nl) f
Esperanto: okazo, oportuno, eblo
Estonian: võimalus
Finnish: tilaisuus (fi), mahdollisuus (fi)
French: occasion (fr) f, opportunité (fr) f
Galician: oportunidade (gl) f, vagar (gl) m, emposta f
Georgian: შესაძლებლობა (šesaʒlebloba), შანსი (ka) (šansi)
German: Gelegenheit (de) f, Chance (de) f, Möglichkeit (de) f
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍅 n (lēw)
Greek: ευκαιρία (el) f (efkairía) Ancient: εὐκαιρία f (eukairía), καιρός m (kairós)
Hebrew: הִזְדַּמְּנוּת (he) f (hizdamnut)
Hindi: अवसर (hi) m (avsar), मौक़ा m (mauqā)
Hungarian: alkalom (hu), lehetőség (hu)
Hunsrik: Gelechenheet f, Gelechenheit f
Icelandic: færi n
Irish: faill f, deis (ga) f
Italian: occasione (it) f, opportunità (it) f, possibilità (it) f, chance (it) f
Japanese: 機会 (ja) (きかい, kikai), チャンス (ja) (chansu)
Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
Kazakh: мүмкіндік (mümkındık)
Khmer: ឱកាស (km) (ʼaokaah)
Korean: 기회(機會) (ko) (gihoe), 찬스 (ko) (chanseu)
Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: firset (ku)
Kyrgyz: мүмкүндүк (ky) (mümkündük), мүмкүнчүлүк (ky) (mümküncülük)
Lao: ໂອກາດ (ʼō kāt)
Latin: opportūnitās f, ampla f
Latvian: iespēja f
Lithuanian: próga f
Macedonian: можност f (možnost), шанса (mk) f (šansa)
Malayalam: അവസരം (ml) (avasaraṁ), തക്കം (ml) (takkaṁ)
Maltese: opportunità f
Maori: arawātea
Mongolian: Cyrillic: боломж (mn) (bolomž)
Navajo: ashja
Northern Sami: vejolašvuohta
Norwegian: Bokmål: mulighet (no) m or f, sjanse (no) f
Occitan: oportunitat (oc) f
Pashto: فرصت (ps) m (fersát)
Persian: فرصت (fa) (forsat), شانس (fa) (šâns)
Polish: gratka (pl) f, możliwość (pl) f, okazja (pl) f, pretekst (pl) m, sposobność (pl) f, szansa (pl) f
Portuguese: oportunidade (pt) f
Romanian: oportunitate (ro) f
Romansch: pussaivladad f (Rumantsch Grischun)
Russian: возмо́жность (ru) f (vozmóžnostʹ), шанс (ru) m (šans)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: могу́ћно̄ст f, при́лика f, при̏года f, ша̏нса f Roman: mogúćnōst f, prílika (sh) f, prȉgoda (sh) f, šȁnsa (sh) f
Slovak: príležitosť f, šanca f
Slovene: priložnost (sl) f
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: góźba f
Spanish: oportunidad (es) f, baza (es) f
Swahili: fursa (sw)
Swedish: tillfälle (sv), möjlighet (sv) c
Tajik: фурсат (fursat), имконият (tg) (imkoniyat), имкон (imkon)
Tatar: форсат (tt) (forsat)
Telugu: అవకాశం (te) (avakāśaṁ)
Thai: โอกาส (th) (oo-gàat)
Turkish: fırsat (tr)
Turkmen: pursat
Ukrainian: можли́вість f (možlývistʹ), шанс m (šans)
Urdu: فرصت f (fursat), موقع m (mauqa')
Uyghur: پۇرسەت (purset)
Uzbek: imkoniyat (uz), fursat (uz)
Vietnamese: cơ hội (vi) (機會)
Zhuang: gihvei

favorable circumstance or occasion

Asturian: oportunidá f
Bashkir: форсат (forsat)
Bengali: মওকা (bn) (moōka)
Bulgarian: удо́бен случа́й m (udóben slučáj)
Catalan: oportunitat (ca) f
Chinese: Mandarin: 機會 / 机会 (zh) (jīhuì)
Czech: příležitost (cs) f, šance (cs) f
Danish: mulighed (da) c
Dutch: gelegenheid (nl) f
Finnish: tilaisuus (fi)
French: occasion favorable f, opportunité (fr) f (anglicism)
Galician: oportunidade (gl) f
German: Gelegenheit (de) f
Greek: ευκαιρία (el) f (efkairía) Ancient: εὐκαιρία f (eukairía), καιρός m (kairós)
Hungarian: alkalom (hu)
Italian: opportunità (it) f, occasione (it) f
Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
Latin: opportūnitās f
Occitan: oportunitat (oc) f
Plautdietsch: Jeläajenheit f
Polish: gratka (pl) f, możliwość (pl) f, okazja (pl) f, pretekst (pl) m, sposobność (pl) f, szansa (pl) f
Portuguese: oportunidade (pt) f
Russian: удо́бный слу́чай m (udóbnyj slúčaj)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при́лика f, при̏года f Roman: prílika (sh) f, prȉgoda (sh) f
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: góźba f
Spanish: oportunidad (es) f
Swahili: fursa (sw), nafasi (sw)
Ukrainian: наго́да f (nahóda)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations. Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) kans (nl) f, (please verify) mogelijkheid (nl) f
French: (please verify) chance (fr) f
Indonesian: (please verify) kesempatan (id)
Italian: (please verify) opportunità (it) f
Persian: (please verify) فرصت (fa) (forsat)
Romanian: (please verify) oportunitate (ro) f

Opportunity - Wiktionary

Contents

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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