opportune
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: op‧por‧tune
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editopportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)
- Suitable for some particular purpose.
- This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.
- 2005, Michael Weinberger, A Message from Jakie, page 150:
- I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.
- At a convenient or advantageous time.
- The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation.
- 2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 2:
- Sam Tyler: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them.
Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh?
Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?
Synonyms
edit- (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
- (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “suitable”): inappropriate, inopportune, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- (antonym(s) of “convenient time”): inopportune, unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Related terms
editTranslations
editsuitable
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at a convenient time
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Danish
editAdjective
editopportune
French
editAdjective
editopportune
Italian
editAdjective
editopportune f pl
Latin
editEtymology 1
editAdverb
editopportūnē (comparative opportūnius, superlative opportūnissimē)
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editopportūne
References
edit- “opportune”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “opportune”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opportune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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