OPPORTUNE


Meaning of OPPORTUNE in English

adj.1 (of a time) well-chosen or especially favourable or appropriate (an opportune moment).

2 (of an action or event) well-timed; done or occurring at a favourable or useful time.

Derivatives:

opportunely adv. opportuneness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF opportun -une f. L opportunus (as OB-, portus harbour), orig. of the wind driving towards the harbour

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.