opportunities
- 1Plural of opportunity.
The fair connected graduates with job opportunities across several industries.
Investors weighed the opportunities against the risks before committing.
Note
The plural belongs only to the countable uses of the noun: separate chances for advancement or profit, or particular favorable occasions, counted one by one (job opportunities, several opportunities). When the idea is uncountable, as in a land of opportunity, English keeps the singular, and the plural would sound wrong there. The spelling follows the usual consonant-plus-y pattern, with y becoming -ies.
opportunities is a form of opportunity
opportunity, noun: A time or situation that makes it possible to do something, especially something that brings advancement, progress, or profit. Full entry
- Forms
- opportunityopportunities plural
- Spelling
- opportunity → opportunities: change y to i, add -es
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