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opportuning

opportuning adjective: opportunistic.

Adjective

opportuning (comparative more opportuning, superlative most opportuning)

  1. opportunistic
    • The first night the maid manages to fend off the opportuning prince of Gwynedd, though he is handsome and auburn haired. On the second night of feasting he slips powder into her mead and she falls easily into his arms.2001, Moyra Caldecott, Three Celtic Tales, page 39

Forms of opportuning

comparativemore opportuning
superlativemost opportuning

Questions about opportuning

What does opportuning mean?
Opportuning means opportunistic.
What part of speech is opportuning?
Opportuning is an adjective.

Words near opportuning in the dictionary

  1. opportunate
  2. opportune
  3. opportuneless
  4. opportunely
  5. opportuneness
  6. opportuning
  7. opportunism
  8. opportunisms
  9. opportunist
  10. opportunistic
  11. opportunistic infection

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