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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
a leg up, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, bout, break, casualness, chance, clear stage, destiny, fair field, fair game, fate, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, gamble, go, good fortune, good luck, hap, happenstance, happy chance, heedless hap, hope, how they fall, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, inning, innings, juncture, law of averages, leisure, liberty, look-in, lot, luck, moira, moment, occasion, opening, opportunism, pass, place, possibility, prayer, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, random sample, relief, risk, room, round, run of luck, say, scope, serendipity, shot, show, space, spell, squeak, statistical probability, stepping-stone, the breaks, theory of probability, time, time at bat, turn, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, whack, whatever comes
Dictionary Results for opportunity:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
opportunity
    n 1: a possibility due to a favorable combination of
         circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to
         visit Washington"; "now is your chance" [syn:
         opportunity, chance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Opportunities. [F.
   opportunit['e], L. opportunitas. See Opportune.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            A wise man will make more opportunities than he
            finds.                                --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both
            to sea and land affairs.              --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
          [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
OPPORTUNITY, n.  A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.


4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Opportunity, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
   Population (2000):    25065
   Housing Units (2000): 10827
   Land area (2000):     6.689717 sq. miles (17.326288 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.689717 sq. miles (17.326288 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            51515
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             47.646994 N, 117.241064 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Opportunity, WA
    Opportunity


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