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say it: ah-pur-TOON
opportune is an adjective meaning "suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose". It is pronounced /ˌɑpɚˈtun/ — ah-pur-TOON. It carries one recorded sense.
suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
“an opportune place to make camp”
“an opportune arrival”
“an opportune time to receive guests”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for opportune come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.