opportunity: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ ample, considerable, plenty of
▪ We'll have plenty of opportunity to talk later.
▪ limited, little, not much
▪ big, excellent, favourable/favorable, golden, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, real, tremendous, welcome, wonderful
▪ a golden opportunity to invest in new markets
▪ exciting
▪ ideal, perfect
▪ suitable
▪ reasonable
▪ We need to give them a reasonable opportunity to look at the display.
▪ available
▪ every
▪ Students should take every opportunity to widen their experience.
▪ new
▪ historic, once-in-a-lifetime, rare, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unrivalled/unrivaled (esp.BrE)
▪ lost, missed, wasted
▪ career, educational, employment, job, training
▪ business, commercial, economic, growth, investment, market, sales
▪ a missed sales opportunity
▪ photo (= an opportunity to take photographs of famous people)
▪ equal opportunities (BrE), equal opportunity (esp. AmE) (= the principle of treating all people the same, regardless of sex, race, etc.)
▪ We are dedicated to the principle of equal opportunity.
▪ an equal-opportunities employer (BrE)
▪ an equal-opportunity employer (AmE)
VERB + OPPORTUNITY
▪ have
▪ find, get
▪ We didn't get much opportunity to swim.
▪ afford, create, give sb, offer (sb), open up, present, provide (sb with)
▪ to provide better educational opportunities
▪ see
▪ He saw a great opportunity to make some money.
▪ grasp, seize, take, take advantage of, take up, use
▪ May I take this opportunity to congratulate Ruth on her promotion.
▪ lose, miss
▪ He lost no opportunity to vent his anger on those around him.
▪ pass up
OPPORTUNITY + VERB
▪ exist
▪ arise, come, occur, present itself
▪ When the opportunity came, I seized it with both hands.
PREPOSITION
▪ opportunity for
▪ The job will offer you excellent opportunities for promotion.
PHRASES
▪ at the earliest opportunity, at the first (possible) opportunity
▪ at every available opportunity, at every opportunity, at every possible opportunity
▪ equality of opportunity
▪ the opportunity of a lifetime
▪ a window of opportunity
▪ The ceasefire has created a window of opportunity to rescue the peace process.