opportunity

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opportunity

Etymology

opportune +‎ -ity, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French opportunité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin opportunitas

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: op‧por‧tu‧ni‧ty
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Noun

opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)

A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
The world is full of opportunities and it's up to me to see them and pursue them.

seize the opportunity

take an opportunity

the opportunity came and went

You'll get a second opportunity if you miss this one.
- 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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Translations

chance for advancement, progress or profit

Albanian: mundësi (sq) f, shans m, nge 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)
Burmese: အခွင့်အရေး (my) (a.hkwang.a.re:)
Catalan: oportunitat (ca) f, ocasió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機會／机会 (zh) (jīhuì), 机会 (zh) (jīhuì)
Czech: příležitost (cs) f
Danish: mulighed (da) c
Dutch: kans (nl) f
Esperanto: okazo
Estonian: võimalus
Finnish: tilaisuus (fi), mahdollisuus (fi)
French: occasion (fr) f, opportunité (fr) f
Galician: oportunidade (gl) f, vagar (gl) m
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: הִזְדַּמְנוּת f (hizdamnut)
Hindi: अवसर (hi) m (avsar), मौक़ा m (mauqā)
Hungarian: alkalom (hu)
Hunsrik: Gelechenheet f, Gelechenheit f
Irish: faill f, deis (ga) f
Italian: occasione (it) f, opportunità (it), possibilità (it)
Japanese: 機会 (ja) (きかい, kikai)
Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
Kazakh: мүмкіндік (kk) (mümkındık)
Khmer: ឱកាស (km) (ʼaokaah)
Korean: 기회 (ko) (gihoe) (機會 (ko))
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: firset (ku)
Kyrgyz: мүмкүндүк (ky) (mümkündük), мүмкүнчүлүк (ky) (mümküncülük)
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Lao: ໂອກາດ (ʼō kāt)
Latin: opportūnitās f, ampla f
Latvian: iespēja f
Lithuanian: próga f
Macedonian: можност f (možnost)
Malayalam: അവസരം (ml) (avasaraṁ)
Maltese: opportunità f
Mongolian: боломж (mn) (bolomž)
Navajo: ashja
Northern Sami: vejolašvuohta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mulighet (no) m or f
Occitan: oportunitat f
Pashto: فرصت (ps) m (fersát)
Persian: فرصت (fa) (forsat)
Polish: możliwość (pl) f, okazja (pl) f, sposobność (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: прилика f, пригода f

Roman: prilika (sh) f, prigoda (sh) f
Slovak: príležitosť f
Slovene: priložnost (sl) f
Spanish: oportunidad (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: удобен случай (udoben slučaj)
Catalan: oportunitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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
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Greek: ευκαιρία (el) f (efkairía)
Ancient: εὐκαιρία f (eukairía), καιρός m (kairós)

Italian: opportunità (it) f, occasione (it) f
Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
Latin: opportūnitās f
Occitan: oportunitat f
Plautdietsch: Jeläajenheit f
Portuguese: oportunidade (pt) f
Russian: удо́бный слу́чай m (udóbnyj slúčaj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: prilika (sh) f, prigoda (sh) f
Spanish: oportunidad (es) f
Swahili: fursa (sw), nafasi (sw)

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
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Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} mulighet (no) f, ^{(please verify)} sjanse (no) f
Persian: ^{(please verify)} فرصت (fa) (forsat)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} oportunitate (ro) f