opportune Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
    • an opportune place to make camp
    • an opportune arrival

WordNet

Op`por*tune" adjective
Etymology
F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit., at or before the port; ob (see Ob-) + a derivative of portus port, harbor. See Port harbor.
Definitions
  1. Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. Milton.
    This is most opportune to our need. Shak.
    -- Op`por*tune"ly, adv. -- Op`por*tune"ness, n.
Op`por*tune" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To suit. Obs. Dr. Clerke(1637).

Webster 1913