propitious moment

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• propitious — pro|pi|tious [prəˈpıʃəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: propitius, from petere to try to find or get ] good and likely to bring good results ▪ a propitious moment propitious for ▪ Conditions after the 1905 revolution were… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• propitious — [[t]prəpɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something is propitious, it is likely to lead to success. [FORMAL] They should wait for the most propitious moment between now and the next election... The omens for the game are still not propitious. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• propitious — adjective formal good and likely to bring good results: a propitious moment (+ for): Conditions after the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development. propitiously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• moment — n. 1) to savor the moment 2) a crucial; opportune, propitious; unpropitious moment 3) a rash moment (in a rash moment) 4) the psychological moment ( the most favorable time ) 5) at a moment (at that moment) ( then ); (at the/this moment) ( now )… …   Combinatory dictionary

• psychological moment — n. [transl. of Fr moment psychologique, a misunderstanding of Ger psychologischer moment, psychological momentum or motive] 1. the moment when the mind is most willing to accept a fact, suggestion, etc. 2. the critical moment; most propitious… …   English World dictionary

• psychological moment — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. the best time, the most propitious time, the critical moment …   English dictionary for students

• favorable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. auspicious, propitious, advantageous, opportune, commendatory, well inclined; affirmative. See occasion, aid. Ant., unfavorable, disadvantageous. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Winning favor] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• MUHAMMAD° — (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAbd al Muttalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy; c. 570–632), founder and prophet of islam . Muhammad was born in Mecca around 570 C.E. In his twenties he married Khadīja, in whose service he was trading; she was …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Joseph Chamberlain — The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain Leader of the Opposition …   Wikipedia

• tennis — /ten is/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half. Cf. lawn tennis. See illus. under racket2.… …   Universalium

• Kumbh Mela — ▪ Hindu festival also called  Kumbha Mela        in Hinduism, religious festival that is celebrated four times every 12 years, the site of the observance rotating between four pilgrimage places on four sacred rivers: at Hardwar on the Ganges… …   Universalium