Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suited or right for a particular purpose.
- adjective Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seasonable; timely; well-timed; convenient.
- Conveniently exposed; liable; open.
- To suit; accommodate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To suit.
- adjective Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Suitable for someparticular purpose . - adjective At a
convenient oradvantageous time .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not much of a stargazer, myself, as that type of "opportune" brillance can be blinding.
Black Hillary Backers In South Carolina Tried To Block Obama Invite 2009
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He thinks it so; otherwise, He would not have revealed His Trinitarian Nature until a more 'opportune' time.
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks 2009
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And sure enough, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, acknowledging that Zelaya's gambit has indeed changed the terms of the debate, issued a statement saying that the time was "opportune" to restore Zelaya to the presidency.
Greg Grandin: Manuel Zelaya's Nightime Return to Honduras 2009
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Programme (UNDP) to familiarise more than 100 incoming MPs on parliamentary conduct, was "opportune", the state-owned Herald noted in its Monday edition.
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As soon as we got near enough to lend a hand the Turks resigned themselves with a kind of opportune fatalism.
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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As soon as we got near enough to lend a hand the Turks resigned themselves with a kind of opportune fatalism.
The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909
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That I regarded it as "opportune," not "_à un moment donné_," but in principle and in time of peace is correct.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
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Chou said that he would definitely go public if he was seeing someone, though he would choose the most 'opportune' time to do so.
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Aside from those "opportune" moments when far-edge or off-screen characters or objects are making sounds, the mix remains focused in the center channel with the two directional music stems used to provide some spread and presence to the score.
Home Theater Forum Stan Heck 2010
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Gas row 'opportune' for Russia to put pressure on Belarus - Lukashenko
RIA Novosti 2010
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