Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To immediately seize a particular opportunity.

    1898, Jason E. Hammond, “Work and Reward” in Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises, Lansing, Michigan: Department of Public Instruction for District Schools, p. ,

Examples

27 sentences

  1. Tom seized on the opportunity.

    ruТом ухватился за эту возможность. — marafon

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  2. I must seize this opportunity.

    ruЯ должен воспользоваться этим случаем. — sharptoothed

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  3. He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.

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  4. He seized an opportunity to speak.

    deEr ergriff eine Gelegenheit zum Sprechen. — Hans_Adler

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  5. I must seize upon this opportunity.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

seizes the opportunity, seizing the opportunity, seized the opportunity, seized the opportunity
Base formseize the opportunity · to seize the opportunity
3rd person singularseizes the opportunity
Present participleseizing the opportunity
Past simpleseized the opportunity
Past participleseized the opportunity

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyseize the opportunity
he, she, itseizes the opportunity

Past simpleLesson

all personsseized the opportunity

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave seized the opportunity
he, she, ithas seized the opportunity

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill seize the opportunity

Synonyms

2 synonyms
jump at the chancejump at the opportunity

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seismicC2seismologistseitanseizeB1seizureseldomB2
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