propitious moment

collocation in English

meaningsofpropitiousandmoment

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propitious
adjective
uk
/prəˈpɪʃ.əs/us
/prəˈpɪʃ.əs/
likely to result in success, or showing signs ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofpropitiousandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpropitious moment

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The beginning of the 1990s proved to be a verypropitiousmomentfor such an initiative.
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The period immediately after the signature of that agreement was apropitiousmomentfor this visit.
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Taken together, it does not seem to be apropitiousmomentto contemplate drawing up a prospectus for launching a new company.
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So far as the timing is concerned it is, frankly, very difficult to tell when a morepropitiousmomentmay arrive.
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In these circumstances, one must ask whether this is apropitiousmomentto put forward schemes of this kind.
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There has frequently been a lack of energy, there has been a postponement of vital issues until after thepropitiousmoment, sometimes, had passed.
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World prices at present provide apropitiousmomentwhen there might be some movement.
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It is a question of thepropitiousmomentto make an advance.
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Have they been abandoned or merely set aside until a morepropitiousmoment?
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It is apropitiousmoment.
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She sets off from the bank to spy upon them, and catches them at what seems to be apropitiousmoment.
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Sihanouk felt that this was apropitiousmomentto swing back to the right.
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