Meanings
Noun
1. chance; opportunity
Noun
Suffix
2. machine
3. aircraft
Counter
4. counter for aircraft
5. counter for (remaining) lives
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Top 30100
Used in vocabulary (356 in total)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
inside a plane; in-flight
incubator
Examples (8 in total)
The time is ripe for action.
All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.
Great speed is a feature of the Concorde.