Saturday, January 1, 2011

Opportunity -

A visit into the dictionary to refresh my mind on the definition of opportunity and a few synonyms are a good place to start.

Defined by Dictionaryreference.com
op·por·tu·ni·ty 
–noun, plural -ties.
1. an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
2. a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal.
3. a good position, chance, or prospect, as for advancement or success.

Thesaurus.com

Main Entry: opportunity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lucky chance; favorable circumstances
Synonyms: befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack

I hope you have had the OPPORTUNITY to check out Ali Edwards' blog and read all about One Little Word. Did you choose a word yet?

1 comment:

gail said...

Amy - what a great idea - thanks for sharing it - just came off the web site.

Only 'problem' I will not have to comtemplate a word tho have several possibilities...