Antonyms for opportunities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : op-er-too-ni-tee, -tyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu- |
Definition of opportunities
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French opportunite (13c.) and directly from Latin opportunitatem (nominative opportunitas) "fitness, convenience, suitableness, favorable time," from opportunus (see opportune). Opportunity cost attested from 1911. Expression opportunity knocks but once (at any man's door) attested from 1898.
- noun lucky chance; favorable circumstances
- It wrung the hearts of all who had opportunities of personally observing it.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I wanted, rather, to explain to you that her opportunities had been limited.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- But he certainly had opportunities for seeing operas nearer home.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- Equally rich are the opportunities in other forms of engineering.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- He has opportunities of making every thing light to him of that sort.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The next consideration, however, was the means and opportunities for revenge.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I have wanted very much to say this to you; I have tried for opportunities.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- We must tell papa about it either to-night or to-morrow, according to the opportunities.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- You will both have opportunities to see much of the officers of the Submarine Service.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- And who knows what opportunities a man in love may have against himself?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Synonyms for opportunities
- befalling
- break
- connection
- contingency
- convenience
- cut
- event
- excuse
- fair shake
- fighting chance
- fitness
- fling
- fortuity
- freedom
- go
- good fortune
- good luck
- happening
- hope
- hour
- iron in the fire
- juncture
- leisure
- liberty
- moment
- occasion
- one's move
- one's say
- one's turn
- opening
- pass
- prayer
- probability
- relief
- room
- run
- scope
- shot
- show
- space
- spell
- squeak
- stab
- the hunt
- the running
- time
- turn
- whack
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