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opportune
English
Etymology
From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.
Adjective
opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)
- Suitable for some particular purpose.
- At a convenient or advantageous time.
Synonyms
- (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
- (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely
Antonyms
- (all): inopportune
- (suitable): inappropriate, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- (convenient time): unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Related terms
- opportunity
- opportuneness
Translations
Danish
Adjective
opportune
- definite of opportun
- plural of opportun
French
Adjective
opportune
- feminine singular of opportun
Italian
Adjective
opportune
- feminine plural of opportuno
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
opport?n? (comparative opport?nius, superlative opport?nissim?)
- favourably; seasonably; opportunely
Etymology 2
Adjective
opport?ne
- vocative masculine singular of opport?nus
References
- opportune in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opportune in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opportune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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cheerful
English
Alternative forms
- cheerfull (archaic)
- chearful (archaic or dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t????f?l/, /?t????f?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t????f?l/, /?t????f?l/
- Hyphenation: cheer?ful
- Rhymes: -??rf?l
Adjective
cheerful (comparative more cheerful, superlative most cheerful)
- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Synonyms: bright, bubbly, cheerly, ebullient, happy, joyful, merry, optimistic, vivacious; see also Thesaurus:happy
- Antonyms: depressed, miserable, sad
- Bright and pleasant.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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