opportunity

A2 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/ UK /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #1372

Meanings

1

noun
A chance to do something, especially something useful or good.

The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.
2

noun
A chance for progress, success, or profit.

Seize the opportunity while you can.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a chance to do something,... chance

Word family

Forms opportunities

Derived forms crisitunityequal-opportunityinopportunityoopsortunityopportunitrophopportunitylessopportunivoreswapportunity

Related forms opportuneopportunismopportunistopportunistic

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Phrases (1)

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equal opportunity
fair access to employment or other chances regardless of personal background

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (7)

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Etymology

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

*per- (fare) Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Economics & Markets Abstract Ideas

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# opportunity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 1372

## Meanings
1. A chance to do something, especially something useful or good.
2. A chance for progress, success, or profit.

## Examples
- The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.
- Seize the opportunity while you can.

## Derived Forms
- crisitunity
- equal-opportunity
- inopportunity
- oopsortunity
- opportunitroph
- opportunityless
- opportunivore
- swapportunity

## Related Forms
- opportune
- opportunism
- opportunist
- opportunistic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per- (fare)

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

## AI Etymology
Opportunity comes from opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās. Modern senses include a chance to do something, especially something useful or good and a chance for progress, success, or profit. The wider word family includes derivatives such as crisitunity, equal-opportunity, inopportunity, oopsortunity, opportunitroph, and opportunityless and related forms such as opportune, opportunism, opportunist, and opportunistic.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Abstract Ideas

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