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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl {Opportunities}. [F.
opportunit['e], L. opportunitas See {Opportune}.]
1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for
executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions;
suitable occasion; chance.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he
finds --Bacon.
2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.]
Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both
to sea and land affairs. --Milton.
3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence.
Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which
falls in our way or presents itself in the course of
events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of
time, place etc., for the doing of a thing Hence
occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of
sickness may give opportunity for reflection.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
opportunity
n : a possibility due to a favorable combination of
circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to
visit Washington"; "now is your chance" [syn: {chance}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opportunity, WA (CDP, FIPS 51515)
Location: 47.64945 N, 117.24045 W
Population (1990): 22326 (8917 housing units)
Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OPPORTUNITY, n. A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
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