Category:Opportunity

Op`por*tu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Opportunities. Etym: [f. opportunité, 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. -- 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.