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opportune adjective [ ˈɒpətjuːn ]

• (of a time) especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event.
• "he couldn't have arrived at a less opportune moment"
Similar: auspicious, propitious, favourable, advantageous, heaven-sent, golden, good, right, lucky, happy, fortunate, benign, providential, felicitous, timely, well timed, ripe, convenient, expedient, suitable, appropriate, apt, fitting, relevant, applicable, pertinent, seasonable,
Opposite: disadvantageous, ill-timed,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French opportun(e ), from Latin opportunus, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + portus ‘harbour’, originally describing the wind driving towards the harbour, hence ‘seasonable’.


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