opportunity
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- noun A favorable or advantageous circumstance or combination of circumstances.
- noun A favorable or suitable occasion or time.
- noun A chance for progress or advancement.
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- But suddenly the opportunity was there, and for once, like every other heroine, I took it, and took it fast. — Madam Will You Talk
- It had been given to her twenty years before by the lemony-voiced man who had first asked her to write the reports. — Last Drop
- "One can say with certainty that the opportunity is there," he finally answered. — Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
- I could only keep on trying. — Dread Companion
- I close my eyes and say, 'Blue.' — The Rules of Attraction
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- from French opportunité = Spanish oportunidad = Portuguese opportunidade = Italian opportunità, from Latin opportunita(t-)s, fitness, suitableness, favorable time, from opportunus, fit, suitable: see opportune.
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/ (ŏpˌər-to͞oˈnĭ-tē, -tyo͞oˈ-)/
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