English noun: opportunity | |||
1. | opportunity (state) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | ||
Samples | The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington. Now is your chance. | ||
Synonyms | chance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | possibility, possibleness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | audience, brass ring, clean slate, crack, day, fresh start, hearing, hunting ground, occasion, opening, room, say, shot, street, tabula rasa, throw | ||