different between opportunity vs gateway

English

Etymology

opportune +? -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportunitas

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.??tju?.n?.t?/, /??p.??t??u?.n?.ti/
• (General American) enPR: ä'p?r-to?o?n?-t?, IPA^(key): /??p??tun?ti/
• Hyphenation: op?por?tu?ni?ty

Noun

opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)

1. A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
2. A favorable circumstance or occasion.

3. (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness

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Further reading

• opportunity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• opportunity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From gate +? way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?we?/

Noun

gateway (plural gateways)

2. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
3. A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
4. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
5. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
6. (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

Hyponyms

• (digital communication): default gateway

Related terms

• gateway drug

Translations

Verb

gateway (third-person singular simple present gateways, present participle gatewaying, simple past and past participle gatewayed)

1. (transitive, digital communications) To make available via a gateway, or access point.

Anagrams

• get away, get-away, getaway, waygate

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.tw?/

Noun

gateway m (plural gateways)

1. (Internet) gateway