slovo | definícia |
opportunist (encz) | opportunist,oportunista n: Zdeněk Brož |
Opportunist (gcide) | Opportunist \Op`por*tun"ist\, n. [Cf. F. opportuniste.]
One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]
[1913 Webster] |
opportunist (wn) | opportunist
adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any
circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist,
opportunistic, timeserving]
n 1: a person who places expediency above principle [syn:
opportunist, self-seeker] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
opportunistic (encz) | opportunistic,oportunistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
opportunistic infection (encz) | opportunistic infection, n: |
opportunistically (encz) | opportunistically,oportunisticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Opportunist (gcide) | Opportunist \Op`por*tun"ist\, n. [Cf. F. opportuniste.]
One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]
[1913 Webster] |
opportunistic (gcide) | opportunistic \opportunistic\ adj.
1. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any
circumstance of possible benefit; practising opportunism.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: opportunist, timeserving.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Med.) Causing disease only when the immune system of the
host has been weakened, or other damage to the host
provides special opportunity for invasion; -- of
microorganisms or infectious diseases; as, opportunistic
pathogens may infect a burn site; AIDS predisposes a
patient to opportunistic infection.
[PJC] |
opportunistic (wn) | opportunistic
adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any
circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist,
opportunistic, timeserving] |
opportunistic infection (wn) | opportunistic infection
n 1: any infection caused by a microorganism that does not
normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with
abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or
transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs) |
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