- opportunity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ 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 upOPPORTUNITY + 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.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
