opportunity
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From opportune + -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportūnitās.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː.-/
(General American, Canada) enPR: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē, IPA(key): /ˌɑ.pɚˈt(j)u.nə.ti/, [-ɾi]
(General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɔp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.ti/, /-ˈt͡ʃuː.-/, [-ɾi]
(Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.pə(r).tʃʊ.nɪ.ʈi/, (spelling pronunciation) /ɔˈpɔ(r).tʃʊ.nɪ.ʈi/
Hyphenation: op‧por‧tun‧i‧ty
=== Noun ===
opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
A favorable circumstance or occasion.
(nonstandard, Euro-English) Opportuneness.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
opportune
opportunism
opportunist
opportunistic
==== Translations ====
=== Further reading ===
“opportunity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “opportunity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.