Crossword clues for opportunities
opportunities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Opportunities. [F. opportunit['e], L. opportunitas. See Opportune.]
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Fit or convenient time or situation; a time or place permitting or favorable for the execution of a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.]
Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of opportunity English)
Wikipedia
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by UK duo Pet Shop Boys, released as a single in 1985 and then in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 10 in the US Billboard Hot 100.
The song's indirect attack on its subject matter has come to exemplify the Pet Shop Boys as ironists in their songwriting.
Usage examples of "opportunities".
If our suspicion is correct and there is a broad conspiracy among all the heavyworlders to take whatever opportunities present themselves, then Paskutti would have constructed the message so that anyone could extract it.
You make the most of the opportunities the gods grant and you'll win out.
New opportunities had created an aura of hope, lightening the general gloom of the population.
Hrrestan had always seemed such a sensible Stripe, even if he seemed to have wasted his opportunities by being a mere co-leader on an agricultural planet.
The argument ranged from one table to the other all through dinner, with some favoring a weeding out of the candidates to the most likely, lopping off those who were very young or who had had multiple opportunities to Impress.
Even the small voice telling him that he'd have other opportunities failed to alleviate his crushing depression.
At least four of them were preparing for whatever opportunities arose.
But in any complicated system of tubing and pumps, a thousand opportunities exist for subtle acts of sabotage, and she didn't expect to find anything obvious.
A man who would deliberately cause harm to the horses he was supposed to value might grasp at other opportunities to do harm to those he hated.
You have been given extraordinary opportunities to achieve Pay-off early in your career.
No doubt opportunities for live experimentation would arise in the course of events.
Sally's puppy charm was a tonic and he wondered, as he often did in her company, why he didn't make more opportunities to enjoy it.
To make the most of such opportunities, humanity had better learn the lessons Earth's other satellites had to offer.
The encyclopedia enlarged the picture by stating that music was a planetwide mania on Optheria, with citizens competing on a planetary scale for opportunities to perform on the sensory organs.
I might have to travel off-season and economy to get to Optheria but I'm certainly not going to waste the opportunities of trying everything new on the Athena.