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[Noun] | "op*por*tu*ni*ty" | \ ˌä-pər-ˈtü-nə-tē \
1: a favorable juncture of circumstances
2: a good chance for advancement or progress
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English oportunyte, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French oportunité, borrowed from Latin opportūnitāt-, opportūnitās, from opportūnus "convenient, {see: |opportune|opportune}" + -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity};
(1) - { opportunity cost } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "opportunity cost"
1: the added cost of using resources (as for production or speculative investment) that is the difference between the actual value resulting from such use and that of an alternative (such as another use of the same resources or an investment of equal risk but greater return)
Origin: 1894 ;
(1) - { equal opportunity employer } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "equal opportunity employer"
1: an employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age
Origin: 1963 ;
(1) - { photo opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "photo opportunity"
1: a situation or event that lends itself to and is often arranged expressly for the taking of pictures that give favorable publicity to the individuals photographed
Origin: 1952 ;
(1) - { golden opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "golden opportunity"
1: an excellent chance to do or get something
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(1) - { at every opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "at every opportunity"
1: whenever possible
(1) - { at someone's earliest opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "at someone's earliest opportunity"
1: as soon as it is possible for someone to do something
(1) - { at the first opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiom] | "at the first opportunity"
1: as soon as it is possible for someone to do something
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(1) - { equal opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Adjective] | "equal opportunity"
1: not discriminating against people because of their race, religion, etc.
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(1) - { land of opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun phrase] | "land of opportunity"
1: a place where people have many chances to succeed, achieve things, etc.
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(1) - { opportunity } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
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# 1 - { opportunity:12161716 }
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[ "opportunity" ]
1: when life gives you lemons...
* e.g., ... I had the opportunity to bang Kim Kardashian but she already made one sex tape.
# 2 - { Opportunity:1236609 }
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[ "Opportunity" ]
1: A word they use in Corporate America to trick you into doing work no one else wants to do while thinking your going to get promoted as a result of your hard work.
* e.g., ... "Hey! Can you please file these work papers and make these copies! This is a great opportunity! You should be glad you got this!!!!
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[ "Opportunity" ]
1: Opportunity is a set of circumstances that is conducive for the occurrence of an event or for the performance of a task. It can also be defined as the amount of time or a situation in which something can be done -Emeasoba George
* e.g., ... Opportunity is synonymous with chance.
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[ "Opportunity" ]
1: Mars rover sent by NASA to Mars in 2003, which landed at Meridiani Planum. Designed to search for signs of liquid water, especially minerals formed in the presense of water (eg. Hematite).
* e.g., ... "Opportunity has landed on Mars."
# 5 - { Opportune:2613099 }
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[ "Opportune" ]
1: An opportunity to tune a chick.
* e.g., ... "Hey mate look at that hottie over at the bar alone and about to buy a drink, there's an opportune".
# 6 - { Opportunity:162530 }
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[ "Opportunity" ]
1: Chance to have sex with. Encounter of chance in order to get naked and "Do It". To stick your purple helmet warrior into the quivering mound of love pudding of a girl you don't even know.
* e.g., ... I have a friend with benefits because there are not many other opportunities at this time.
# 7 - { opportunity cock:13578307 }
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[ "opportunity cock" ]
1: An opportunity cock is the man who is not chosen by a girl when she has to make a choice between 2 guys. Deriving from the term opportunity cost, meaning the item not bought when choosing between 2, the opportunity cock is basically the man the girl leaves behind at the bar when she sees a much more attractive rich man.
* e.g., ... John: “Can’t believe Ann chose Andrew over me. What’s wrong with me?”
Jim: “Damn, you’re the opportunity cock in this situation. Rip mate”
# 8 - { opportunity cost:3354870 }
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[ "opportunity cost" ]
1: The cost of choosing one course of action over another. Letting your second best option pass.
* e.g., ... At the restaurant, you are presented with a desert menu. Assuming that you only eat one desert, you have the choice between chocolate mouse, ice cream and honey crepes. Let's say you prefer ice cream to chocolate mouse, but honey crepes are your favorite. If you eat a honey crepe, ice cream (which would have chosen had you not had crepes) is your opportunity cost.
[ "opportunity cost" ]
2: Economists tend to measure opportunity cost in terms of money for simplicity's sake. However value isn't always monetary.
* e.g., ... Another example would be if two women that you fancied, Sarah and Alice, asked you out and you said yes to Sarah (assuming monogamy), going out with Alice is your opportunity cost.
# 9 - { opportunity crime:1846755 }
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[ "opportunity crime" ]
1: Crime comitted on impulse during brief period of opportuntiy
* e.g., ... A car boot is left open and some one steals an item from the inside of it. For example this could be a box of chocolates or your grandma. This would be classed as an opportunity crime.
# 10 - { little opportunities:4402144 }
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[ "little opportunities" ]
1: A phrase coined by Octomom, Nadya Suleman, to put a positive spin on how she financially provides for fourteen children without working. Little opportunities are generated by pimping one's own children out to the media.
* e.g., ... Q - Hey, dude. Why are there so many cameramen on the beach today?
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