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Webster 1913 Edition
Opportunist
Opˊpor-tun′ist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
opportuniste
.] One who advocates or practices opportunism.
[Recent]
A wise man will make more
opportunities
than he finds. Bacon.
2.
Convenience of situation; fitness.
[Obs.]
Hull, a town of great strength and
opportunity
, both to sea and land affairs. Milton.
3.
Importunity; earnestness.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. – Occasion; convenience; occurrence.
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Opportunity
, Occasion
. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection.