Dictionary entry

Opportunity

Pronunciation: /ɒpəˈtjuːnɪti/

Pronunciation

/ɒpəˈtjuːnɪti/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အခွင့်အရေး။

Definition

opportunity /ɒpǝ'tju:nǝti; US -'tu:n- / n [C,U] ~ (for/ of doing sth) ; ~ (to do sth) အခြင့္အေရး။ အခြင့္အလမ္း။ အခါအခြင့္။ အခြင့္။ အခါ။ have/get/ find/ create an opportunity ❍ a company promoting equal opportunities for women ❍ an area with few job opportunities ❍ have no/ little/ not much opportunity for hearing good music ❍ a great/ golden/marvellous opportunity to travel ❍ a wasted opportunity ❍ I had no opportunity to discuss it with her. ❍ Don't miss this opportunity—it may never come again. ❍ I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues. ❍ He is rude to me at every opportunity. ❍ OCCASION

Examples

  1. I think this trip sounds like a wonderful opportunity.
  2. [opportunity for] : The job pays well
  3. but there’s not much opportunity for career advancement.
  4. [give someone the opportunity to do something] : The programme gives students the opportunity to learn more about global warming.
  5. [take the opportunity to do something] : I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for coming.
  6. [a missed/lost opportunity] : A series of missed opportunities have badly weakened the company.
  7. [at every opportunity] : She went to visit him in hospital at every opportunity.
  8. [given the opportunity] : He’s someone who could have been really successful
  9. given the opportunity.
  10. There are good opportunities in the hotel business.