opportunity Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
chance.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance

F. opportunité, L. opportunitas. See Opportune.

plural Opportunities

Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Bacon.
Convenience of situation; fitness. Obs.
Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. Milton.
Importunity; earnestness. Obs. Jer. Taylor. Syn. -- Occasion; convenience; occurrence. -- 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.