Usually means: Suitable or convenient for purpose.
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  1. opportune: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. opportune: Merriam-Webster
  3. opportune: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. opportune: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. opportune: Collins English Dictionary
  6. opportune: Vocabulary.com
  7. Opportune, opportune: Wordnik
  8. opportune: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. opportune: Wiktionary
  10. opportune: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. opportune: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. opportune: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Opportune, opportune: Dictionary.com
  14. opportune: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. opportune: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Opportune: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Opportune: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. opportune: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. opportune: Rhymezone
  20. opportune: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. opportune: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. opportune: FreeDictionary.org
  23. opportune: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. opportune: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. opportune: Legal dictionary

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  1. Opportune: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Suitable for some particular purpose.
▸ adjective:  At a convenient or advantageous time.

Similar:
seasonable, convenient, favorable, favourable, good, well-timed, right, timely, ripe, well timed, more...

Opposite:
inopportune, inconvenient, untimely, inappropriate

Types:
timely, auspicious, providential, serendipitous, more...

Phrases:
opposite of opportune, opportune time, opportune moment, more...

Adjectives:
most, present, least, sainte, wondrous, ste, whole

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     azure,     coral,     teal, more...


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Similar:
seasonable, convenient, favorable, favourable, good, well-timed, right, timely, ripe, well timed, more...

Opposite:
inopportune, inconvenient, untimely, inappropriate

Types:
timely, auspicious, providential, serendipitous, more...

Phrases:
opposite of opportune, opportune time, opportune moment, more...

Adjectives:
most, present, least, sainte, wondrous, ste, whole

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     azure,     coral,     teal, more...



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