Occasion is a word that you rarely hear now, so it makes sense to talk about it, to recall immediately its two meanings. We also consider the origin, synonyms and make sentences that will serve simultaneously as examples of opportunity.
Origin
The Polish language helped Russian more than once or twice. True, when this happened, none of us remember. We, native speakers of Russian, are familiar only with the results of their interaction. The word "opportunity" came to us from Polish back in the 17th century. In it, opportunity is a “case." It comes from the Latin occasio - “opportunity, chance”, the noun, in turn, is formed from the verb occidere - “to fall”.
Our language took something from a Latin ancestor, at least one meaning in the explanatory dictionary indicates a close logical connection between "opportunity" and "opportunity" in Russian. Turn to the source.
Explanatory Dictionary and Sentences
We will not postpone things in the long box, but immediately turn to the meaning of the word "opportunity":
- A convenient case for sending, sending something with someone.
- A rare, unusual case, surprise (outdated and colloquial).
As a rule, you can hear the second meaning in everyday speech, but rarely, because the word is already highly modern. The first value is practically not used, various substitutions are preferred to him, which will be presented in the next section, but for now, let's look at examples of sentences with the word "opportunity":
- Peter thought about how he could forward the books to the United States, and realized that he needed an opportunity to carry out his plan.
- Ilya Ilyich went outside without an umbrella - and suddenly it started to rain, such an opportunity happened.
- Igor arrived at the hotel, but all the rooms were occupied, and he had to spend the night in the lobby. That is what unexpected business trips mean; some kind of opportunity will happen in them.
Examples and language practice suggest that opportunity is primarily an accident, a circumstance. Unexpected luck is usually not called an opportunity.
Synonyms
Of course, it is too early to say that the noun “opportunity” will soon completely go out of circulation, but synonyms will not hinder it, especially since now few people use the word in question. The list of synonyms is as follows:
- happening;
- opportunity;
- incident
- history;
- an incident.
Only the brightest and most worthy were on the list. All of them will be able to replace the object of study, if necessary, and often do this in ordinary conversation. Because the noun "opportunity" (and this is regrettable) is now unpopular.