Collocations for "opportunity"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "opportunity" in context.
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opportunity
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [limited, increased, reasonable, career] opportunities
- is a golden opportunity (to)
- the opportunity of a lifetime
- an opportunity to [win, have, get, see, visit, succeed, prosper]
- an opportunity to make [amends, money, a clean start]
- the [investment, contract] offered a [good, solid] opportunity
- looking for employment opportunities
- take advantage of the opportunity (to)
- make the most of the opportunity (to)
- [this is, you will have] your opportunity to [shine, show, say]
- never had the opportunity to [finish school, go to college]
- give your children the opportunities that you never had
- don't miss this [golden, fabulous, once-in-a-lifetime] opportunity (to)
- were [given, afforded, gifted] the opportunity (to)
- the opportunity [went begging, slipped away]
- this is [the, your] last opportunity
- opportunity [came knocking, knocked at her door]
- when opportunity knocks, (open the door)
- a [land, city, wealth] of opportunity
- the window of opportunity (has passed)
- [promote, believe in] equal opportunities for [all, women, disabled people]
- opportunities for [students, the unemployed, everybody]
- an opportunity for [success, advancement, employment]
- the Equal Opportunities Act
- an equal-opportunities [employer, policy, officer]
'opportunity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advantage
- afford
- ample
- another
- appreciate
- blatant
- blown
- boom
- brilliant
- clause
- compete
- consulting
- contest
- dangle
- deny
- deprive
- desert
- educational
- embrace
- equal
- equality
- excellent
- exciting
- exploit
- exploitation
- explore
- fabulous
- fair
- fantastic
- final
- forfeit
- genuine
- give
- golden
- gone
- good
- grasp
- grateful
- great
- happiness
- heaven
- housing
- huge
- incredible
- inequality
- interrupt
- investment
- land
- lap
- lifetime