opportune
pronunciation
How to pronounce opportune in British English:
UK [ˈɒpətju:n]
How to pronounce opportune in American English:
US [ˌɑpərˈtun]
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- Adjective:
- suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
- at a convenient or suitable time
Word Origin
- opportune (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French opportun and directly from Latin opportunus "fit, convenient, suitable, favorable," from the phrase ob portum veniens "coming toward a port," in reference to the wind, from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Opportunely.
Antonym
Example
- 1. For the opportune moment to return to me full force .
- 2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment .
- 3. With a wretched economy and long to-do list , it hardly seems an opportune moment .
- 4. Happening as if through divine intervention ; opportune .
- 5. Doing this reveals potential miscommunications at an opportune time rather than later on in the project when it becomes a costly inconvenience .