historic opportunity

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricandopportunity

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historic
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/
important or likely to be important ...
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opportunity
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us
/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofhistoricandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistoric opportunity

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It is anhistoricopportunityto unite the whole continent.
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I hope that you will embrace this as ahistoricopportunityfor change.
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Having said which, everyhistoricopportunityhas its historic risk.
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It is ahistoricopportunity, a point which has been made several times this morning.
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With thehistoricopportunityof a period of significant constitutional change, why is the drawing of the regional maps so conservative?
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We appreciate your commitment to grasping thishistoricopportunity.
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They are part of the wider process and the taking of ahistoricopportunity.
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We thus have a unique andhistoricopportunity, which is growing in strength, to broker our relationship in those three areas.
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We stand on the verge of ahistoricopportunity.
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I submit that the end of the cold war provided anhistoricopportunityto advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
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We are missing this greathistoricopportunityby looking at the profit and loss account of a particular year.
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Enlargement is anhistoricopportunityto end that division and entrench peace, stability, free markets and democracy across our continent.
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He has had thehistoricopportunityto kick it off, as this is our first debate since the report was published.
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I hope that we use thishistoricopportunityand act on the proposal.
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Is he aware therefore, that we have lost ahistoricopportunityto enter and stabilise the currency at a competitive rate?
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If we simply close our eyes and continue, we shall be shipwrecked and miss out on a greathistoricopportunity.
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Yet for our country, the first industrial nation, this new global economy, driven by skills, creativity and adaptability, offers anhistoricopportunity.
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It is time that we seized thishistoricopportunity.
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It is ahistoricopportunity, but it could also prove to be a historic blunder if accession is not properly prepared.
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It is anhistoricopportunitywhich can bring about far-reaching changes.
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