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noun |
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opportunities |
| definition 1: |
An opportunity is a chance to do something or to make something better. An opportunity is something that is offered to you. You can take it or not take it, but we usually see an opportunity as something that will bring something good if you take it.
The class trip to the zoo was an opportunity for the students to learn how animals behave.My parents told me that they didn't have the opportunity to go to college in their home country.Imani's mother was given an opportunity to work in a job that would let her use her skills, so she took it right away.Going to summer camp gave Jordan an opportunity to learn how to swim.- synonyms:
- chance
- similar words:
- possibility, prospect
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| definition 2: |
If we are living in a time of opportunity, we are living in a time that offers many possibilities for people. People have many chances to do things they want to do.
That decade was a time of opportunity. It was a time when people with new ideas and inventions were helped to set up businesses and succeed.- similar words:
- fortune, occasion, possibility, prosperity
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| related words: |
opening, turn |
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