Meaning of OPPORTUNE
| Pronunciation: | | `âpur'toon
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- [adj] at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
- [adj] suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"
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| | Synonyms: | | convenient, favorable, favourable, good, right, ripe, seasonable, timely, well timed(p), well-timed(a) |
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| | Antonyms: | | inopportune | | |
| | See Also: | | advantageous | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit.,
at or before the port; ob (see {Ob-}) + a derivative of
portus port, harbor. See {Port} harbor.]
Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton.
This is most opportune to our need. --Shak.
-- {Op`por*tune"ly}, adv. -- {Op`por*tune"ness}, n.
\Op`por*tune"\, v. t.
To suit. [Obs.] --Dr. Clerke(1637).
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| | Related Terms: | | a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, auspicious, becoming, befitting, beneficial, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, dovetailing, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, geared, germane, good, happy, helpful, just right, likely, lucky, meet, meshing, on the button, pat, pertinent, politic, profitable, proper, propitious, prosperous, providential, qualified, recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile |
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