"opportunist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈtjuːnɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-opportunist.wav Forms: opportunists [plural]
Etymology: From French opportuniste. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|opportuniste}} French opportuniste Head templates: {{en-noun}} opportunist (plural opportunists)
  1. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: chancer Related terms: opportune, opportunism, opportunistic, opportunity Translations (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity): օպորտունիստ (ōportunist) (Armenian), պատեհապաշտ (patehapašt) (Armenian), oportunista [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), fürsətçi (Azerbaijani), апартуні́ст (apartuníst) [masculine] (Belarusian), апартуні́стка (apartunístka) [feminine] (Belarusian), oportunista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 變色龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 变色龙 (biànsèlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), oportunista [masculine] (Czech), opportunist [common-gender] (Danish), opportunist [masculine] (Dutch), opportuniste [feminine] (Dutch), oportunisto (Esperanto), oportunist (Estonian), opportunisti (Finnish), opportuniste (French), oportunista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), comenenciudo (Galician), Opportunist [masculine] (German), Opportunistin [feminine] (German), Wendehals [masculine] (German), καιροσκόπος (kairoskópos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), οπορτουνιστής (oportounistís) [masculine] (Greek), οπορτουνίστρια (oportounístria) [feminine] (Greek), brabúsaí [masculine] (Irish), approfittatore [masculine] (Italian), opportunista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 日和見主義者 (hiyorimi shugisha) (Japanese), 蝙蝠 (kōmori) (Japanese), カメレオン (kamereon) (Japanese), 기회주의자 (gihoejuuija) (Korean), oportūnists [masculine] (Latvian), oportūniste [feminine] (Latvian), opportunist [masculine] (Norwegian), فرصت طلب (forsat-talab) (Persian), اپورتونیست (oportunist) (Persian), oportunista [masculine] (Polish), oportunistka [feminine] (Polish), oportunista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), chupim [masculine] (Portuguese), оппортуни́ст (opportuníst) [masculine] (Russian), оппортуни́стка (opportunístka) [feminine] (Russian), приспособле́нец (prisposoblénec) [masculine] (Russian), приспособле́нка (prisposoblénka) [feminine] (Russian), oportunist (Serbo-Croatian), oportunista [masculine] (Spanish), vela güira [Puerto-Rico, feminine] (Spanish), aprovechado [masculine] (Spanish), aprovechón [masculine] (Spanish), ventajista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ventajoso [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), ventajero [Argentina, Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), encajoso [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), pancista [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), opportunist [common-gender] (Swedish), mapanamantala (Tagalog), fırsatçı (Turkish), опортуні́ст (oportuníst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), опортуні́стка (oportunístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пристосо́ванець (prystosóvanecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пристосо́ванка (prystosóvanka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "oportunista"
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          "roman": "biànsèlóng",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "comenenciudo"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Opportunistin"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Wendehals"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kairoskópos",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "καιροσκόπος"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oportounistís",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "word": "οπορτουνιστής"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oportounístria",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "οπορτουνίστρια"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "word": "brabúsaí"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "approfittatore"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "opportunista"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "hiyorimi shugisha",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "日和見主義者"
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          "roman": "kōmori",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "蝙蝠"
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          "roman": "kamereon",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "カメレオン"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gihoejuuija",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "기회주의자"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "forsat-talab",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "word": "оппортуни́ст"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "vela güira"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "word": "aprovechado"
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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            "feminine",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
          "word": "mapanamantala"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "word": "опортуні́ст"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "oportunístka",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          "roman": "prystosóvanecʹ",
          "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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          ],
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          "roman": "prystosóvanka",
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        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "oportunista"
    },
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      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "апартуні́стка"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "oportunista"
    },
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      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "變色龍"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànsèlóng",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "变色龙"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunista"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
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      "word": "opportunist"
    },
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      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opportunist"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opportuniste"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "oportunisto"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "oportunist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "opportunisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "opportuniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunista"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "comenenciudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Opportunist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Opportunistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wendehals"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kairoskópos",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καιροσκόπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oportounistís",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "οπορτουνιστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oportounístria",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οπορτουνίστρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brabúsaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "approfittatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opportunista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiyorimi shugisha",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "日和見主義者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōmori",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "蝙蝠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kamereon",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "カメレオン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gihoejuuija",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "기회주의자"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportūnists"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oportūniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opportunist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "forsat-talab",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "فرصت طلب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oportunist",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "اپورتونیست"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chupim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opportuníst",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оппортуни́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opportunístka",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оппортуни́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prisposoblénec",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приспособле́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prisposoblénka",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приспособле́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "oportunist"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vela güira"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprovechado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprovechón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ventajista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ventajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Dominican-Republic",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "Uruguay",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ventajero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pancista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "opportunist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "mapanamantala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "word": "fırsatçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oportuníst",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опортуні́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oportunístka",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опортуні́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prystosóvanecʹ",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пристосо́ванець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prystosóvanka",
      "sense": "someone who takes advantage of any opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пристосо́ванка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opportunist"
}

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