opportunity n.

  1. N-VAR An opportunity is a situation in which it is possible for you to do something that you want to do.

dazzle v./n.

  1. VERB If someone or something dazzles you, you are extremely impressed by their skill, qualities, or beauty.
  2. N-SING The dazzle of something is a quality it has, such as beauty or skill, which is impressive and attractive.
  3. VERB If a bright light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see properly for a short time.
  4. N-UNCOUNT The dazzle of a light is its brightness, which makes it impossible for you to see properly for a short time.

salvage n./vt.

  1. VERB If something is salvaged, someone manages to save it, for example from a ship that has sunk, or from a building that has been damaged.
  2. N-UNCOUNT Salvage is the act of salvaging things from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building.
  3. N-UNCOUNT The salvage from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building is the things that are saved from it.
  4. VERB If you manage to salvage a diffcult situation, you manage to get something useful from it so that it is not a complete failure.

designate adj./vt.

  1. VERB When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
  2. VERB If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.
  3. VERB When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particualr job.
  4. ADJ Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it.

temporal adj./n.

  1. ADJ Temporal powers or matters relate to ordinary institutions and activities rather than to religious or spiritual ones.
  2. ADJ The temporal parts of your brain are the parts near the sides of your head.
  3. ADJ Temporal means relating to time.

consult v.

  1. VERB If you consult an expert or someone senior to you or consult with them, you ask them for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something.
  2. V-RECIP If a person or group of people consults with other people or consults them, they talk and exchange ideas and opinions about what they might decide to do.
  3. VERB If you consult a book or a map, you look in it or look at it in order to find some information.

rally n./vi./vt.

  1. N-COUNT A rally is a large public meeting that is held in order to show support for something such as a political party.
  2. V-ERG When people rally to something or when something rallies them, they unite to support it.
  3. VERB When someone or something rallies, they begin to recover or improve after having been weak.
  4. N-COUNT A rally is a competition in which vehicles are driven over public roads.