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opportunity
verbs
have opportunity
• I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel.
take/use opportunity
(= do something you have a chance to do )
• Several employees took the opportunity to retire early.
seize/grasp an opportunity
(= do something very eagerly when you have the chance )
• She saw an opportunity to speak to him, and seized it.
miss/lose an opportunity
(= not do something you have a chance to do )
• Dwyer never missed an opportunity to criticize her.
give somebody opportunity
• The children should be given the opportunity to make their own choices.
get an opportunity
• I decided to go, as I might never get this opportunity again.
provide/present/open up an opportunity
• The course also provides an opportunity to study Japanese.
an opportunity comes (along/up)
• We had outgrown our house when the opportunity came up to buy one with more land.
an opportunity arises
• Perhaps she would explain later, if the opportunity arose.
adjectives
a good/great/wonderful etc opportunity
• It's a great opportunity to try new things.
the ideal/perfect opportunity
• I'd been wanting to try sailing, and this seemed like the ideal opportunity.
a golden opportunity
(= a very good opportunity )
• The council has missed a golden opportunity to improve the town centre.
a rare/unique opportunity
• a unique opportunity to stay in a real castle
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
(= a very good opportunity that you will only get once )
• For many athletes, the Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
a wasted/lost/missed opportunity
(= one you do not use )
• Many people see the failed talks as a missed opportunity for peace.
ample opportunity/plenty of opportunity
(= a number of chances to do something )
• There will be ample opportunity for shopping.
limited/little opportunity
(= not many chances )
• They had little opportunity to discuss the issue beforehand.
nouns
a photo opportunity
(= a chance to take a good photograph, especially of a particular person )
• Parents will always look for good photo opportunities at their kid's graduation ceremony.
phrases
at the first/earliest opportunity
(= as soon as possible )
• He decided to leave school at the earliest opportunity.
at every (possible) opportunity
(= whenever possible )
• She went to the museum at every opportunity.
a window of opportunity
(= a time when you can do something )
• The other team started making mistakes, but we didn't take advantage of this window of opportunity.
a land of opportunity
(= a country where people have a lot of good opportunities )
• America was then seen as a land of opportunity.
the opportunity of a lifetime
(= a very good opportunity that you will only get once )
• The winner of the contest got the opportunity of a lifetime – the chance to work with a top fashion designer.
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noun ADJ. ample, considerable, plenty of We'll have plenty of opportunity to talk later. | limited, little, not much | excellent, favourable, golden, good, great, marvellous, tremendous, welcome, wonderful a golden opportunity to invest and export into new markets | exciting | ideal, perfect | suitable | reasonable We need to give them a reasonable opportunity to look at the display. | available | every Students should take every opportunity to widen their experience. | historic, once-in-a-lifetime, rare, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unrivalled | lost, missed, wasted | career, educational, employment, job, training | business, commercial, economic, investment, market, sales a missed sales opportunity | photo (= an opportunity to take photographs of famous or important people) | equal opportunities (= the principle of treating all people the same, regardless of sex. colour, etc.) an equal opportunities employer VERB + OPPORTUNITY have | find, get We didn't get much opportunity to swim. | afford, create, give sb, offer (sb), open up, provide (sb with) to provide better educational opportunities | grasp, seize, take (up), take advantage of May I take this opportunity to congratulate Ruth on her promotion. | lose, miss He lost no opportunity to vent his anger on those around him. | pass up OPPORTUNITY + VERB exist | arise, come, occur, offer When the opportunity came, I seized it with both hands. (formal) The company aimed to expand as and when opportunity offered. PREP. ~ for The job will offer you excellent opportunities for promotion. PHRASES at the earliest/first (possible) opportunity, at every (available) opportunity, equality of opportunity, the opportunity of a lifetime, a window of opportunity The ceasefire has created a window of opportunity to rescue the peace process.
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