OPPORTUNITY ONLY KNOCKS ONCE

Meaning of OPPORTUNITY ONLY KNOCKS ONCE in English

there are no second chances, one must take a chance when it is possible because they won't get another chance

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

ONLY — I. ˈōnlē, -li adjective Etymology: Middle English only, oonly, from Old English ānlīc, from ān one + -līc -ly — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, anes, from gen. of on, an one — more at one 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPORTUNITY — ˌäpə(r)ˈtünəd.ē, -(r).ˈtyü-, -nətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English opportunite, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportunitat-, opportunitas, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOCKS — present third singular of knock plural of knock
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPORTUNITY — /op'euhr tooh"ni tee, -tyooh"-/ , n. , pl. opportunities . 1. an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONCE — /wuns/ , adv. 1. at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONLY — I. ˈōn-lē adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ānlīc, from ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONCE — I. ˈwən(t)s adverb Etymology: Middle English ones, from genitive of on one Date: 12th century 1. : one time and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPPORTUNITY — noun ( plural -ties ) Date: 14th century 1. : a favorable juncture of circumstances the halt provided an opportunity …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPPORTUNITY — noun importunity; earnestness. 2. opportunity ·noun convenience of situation; fitness. 3. opportunity ·noun fit or convenient time; a time or …
Webster English vocab
ONLY — adj above all others; particularly. 2. only ·adj singly; without more; as, only-begotten. 3. only ·adj so and no otherwise; …
Webster English vocab
ONCE — adv at some one period of time; used indefinitely. 2. once ·adv by limitation to the number one; for …
Webster English vocab
ONLY — [on.ly] adj [ME, fr. OE anlic, fr. an one--more at one] (bef. 12c) 1: unquestionably the best: peerless 2: alone …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ONCE — [once] adv [ME ones, fr. gen. of on one] (12c) 1: one time and no more 2: at any one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPPORTUNITY — in full Opportunity: Journal Of Negro Life American magazine associated with the Harlem Renaissance, published from 1923 to 1949. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
OPPORTUNITY — / ˌɒpəˈtjuːnəti; NAmE ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -ies ) opportunity (to do sth) | opportunity …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONLY — / ˈəʊnli; NAmE ˈoʊnli/ adjective , adverb , conjunction ■ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. used to say …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — / wʌns; NAmE / adverb , conjunction ■ adverb 1. on one occasion only; one time : I've only been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPPORTUNITY — op ‧ por ‧ tu ‧ ni ‧ ty S1 W1 /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnəti, ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪti $ ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONLY — I. on ‧ ly 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊnli $ ˈoʊn-/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . not more than a particular …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONCE — I. once 1 S1 W1 /wʌns/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: one ] 1 . on one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPPORTUNITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a good chance; a favourable occasion. 2 a chance or opening offered by circumstances. 3 good …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONLY — adv., adj., & conj. --adv. 1 solely, merely, exclusively; and no one or nothing more besides (I only want to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPPORTUNITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a good chance; a favourable occasion. 2 a chance or opening offered by circumstances. 3 good …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONLY — adv., adj., & conj. adv. 1 solely, merely, exclusively; and no one or nothing more besides (I only want to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. adv. 1 on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPPORTUNITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a good chance; a favourable occasion. 2 a chance or opening offered by circumstances. 3 good …
Oxford English vocab
ONLY — adv., adj., & conj. --adv. 1. solely, merely, exclusively; and no one or nothing more besides (I only want to …
Oxford English vocab
ONCE — adv., conj., & n. --adv. 1. on one occasion or for one time only (did not once say please; have …
Oxford English vocab
OPPORTUNITY — ( opportunities) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. An opportunity is a situation …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In written English, 'only' is usually …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens once , it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In written English, '~' is usually …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ONCE — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens ~, it happens …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPPORTUNITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chance/opportunity to express sth ▪ The debate will give MPs an opportunity to express …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONLY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES all that matters/the only thing that matters ▪ All that matters is that you’re …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONCE — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES once again/yet again (= used to emphasize that something has happened several or many …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPPORTUNITY — [noun] - an occasion or situation which makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have …
Cambridge English vocab
ONLY — (SINGLE OR FEW) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - used to show that there is a single one or very …
Cambridge English vocab
ONCE — (ONE TIME) [adverb] [not gradable] - one single timeI went to France once, but I didn't like it very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
ONCE — Synonyms and related words : alone, already, ancient, anytime, anyway, anywise, apart, at a stroke, at all, at any time, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — See: AT ONCE, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
Slang English vocab
OPPORTUNITY — n. Function: noun a state of affairs or combination of circumstances favorable to some end FF1C; all he asked was …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ONCE — adv. at once once and again once more
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OPPORTUNITY
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OPPORTUNITY — See ↑ CHANCE 4, ↑ JOB 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ golden opportunity • ↑ jump at the chance/opportunity • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
ONLY — INDEX: 1. only one, or only a small number 2. a surprisingly small price/number/amount. 3. for one reason only and …
Longman Activator English vocab
ONCE — INDEX: 1. on one occasion in the past RELATED WORDS at once : ↑ IMMEDIATELY at once, at the same …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPPORTUNITY — n. 25B6; noun (LUCKY) CHANCE, golden opportunity, favourable time/occasion/moment; time, occasion, moment, opening, option, window (of opportunity), possibility, scope, freedom; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONLY — adj. 25B6; adverb there was only enough for two : AT MOST, at best, (only) just, no/not more than; barely, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONCE — adv. 25B6; adverb I only met him once : ON ONE OCCASION, one time, one single time. he did not …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONLY — adj. 1 sole, single, solitary, lone, one and only, exclusive He is the only one who can identify the murderer …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONCE — adv. 1 once upon a time, formerly, (at) one time, on a former occasion, previously, before, in days gone by, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPPORTUNITY — noun BAD : There is an opportunity that David's father will come tonight. GOOD : There is a chance that …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONLY — I conjunction BAD : Only when it started to rain he noticed that he had left his raincoat somewhere. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONCE — I conjunction BAD : Once it will stop raining, we can go out. GOOD : Once it stops raining, we …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OPPORTUNITY — сущ. удобный случай; благоприятная возможность to afford, give, offer an opportunity ≈ предоставить возможность to find an opportunity ≈ находить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONLY — 1. прил. 1) а) диал. одинокий б) единственный an only child ≈ единственный ребенок one and only ≈ один единственный; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONCE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNOCKS — сущ.; мн. придирки, нападки Стучит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNOCKS — Хлопки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KNOCKS — Удары
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

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