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For example: The new land, rife with opportunities, gave the perfect place to build a new home. But at the same time the following sentence is also correct, A situation, ripe with opportunity, is a rare event, and it comes once in a lifetime or not at all. So I think both can be used, it just depends on how you use it.
An 'opportunity' by definition is a circumstance where one has possibility of gaining some benefit, and a 'threat' is exactly the opposite - a circumstance where one has possibility of some loss. However, in day-to-day context, we could take ' adversity ' as antonym for ' opportunity '.
I'm writing a marketing copy and encountered the need for an idiom that means "forgetting and thus missing an opportunity or deadline". The expression I'm looking for is informal. The target audience is mainly North Americans. I found the phrase "miss the boat", but came to the conclusion that it's not very commonly used.
6. avail oneself of, to use to one's advantage: They availed themselves of the opportunity to hear a free concert. So avail yourself of the opportunity means the same thing as take [advantage of] the opportunity: But if you are able to gain your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity. However, within the past 40 years, this usage of avail ...
According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, afford has two meanings: to be able to bear the cost of. to make available, give forth, or provide naturally or inevitably. In what contexts are the two meanings appropriate? Is the use of afforded to in the following phrase correct? Growth prospects afforded to employees of your firm. meaning-in-context.
Hmm, okay, a totally non-grammatical (probably, and thus very likely totally wrong) answer by an avowed non-grammarian (who nevertheless described and describes himself as a grammar-nazi at times):
Given your context, I would prefer "make use of", for 3 reasons. To "take advantage of" something means to make good use of that thing (see the definition below), so I'd keep its use to a minimum, so that when it is actually used, it is more impactful, perhaps at a climactic moment along your narrative. I'd use it for something that you really ...
2. To ' get to do something ' means that you are given a chance/opportunity to do that thing. There are bunch of replacements for it such as to be given a green light, be enabled to, be opened doors to doing. Share.
humbled. hum·ble (hŭm′bəl) adj.hum·bler, hum·blest. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful. Showing deferential or submissive respect: a humble apology. Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly: a humble cottage. tr.v.hum·bled, hum·bling, hum·bles.
Chance is definitively much wider term that can be: an unpredictable event or accidental happening. risk or gamble. the happening of events without apparent cause, or the apparent absence of cause or design; fortuity; luck. a ticket in a lottery or raffle. an advantageous or opportune time or occasion; opportunity.