About The Word Occasion
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Occasion
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What's The Definition Of Occasion?
[n] an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
[n] a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" [n] reason; "there was no occasion for complaint" [n] an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" [n] the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" [v] give occasion to Synonyms | Synonyms for Occasion: affair | function | juncture | social function | social occasion Related Terms | Find terms related to Occasion: a leg up | advantage | adventure | affair | antecedent | antecedents | author | bare necessities | base | basis | bear | beget | break | breed | bring about | bring forth | bring on | bring to effect | bring to pass | call | call for | call forth | call up | causation | cause | cause and effect | celebration | ceremony | chance | circumstance | clear stage | commemoration | conceive | condition | conjuncture | contingency | create | demand | demand for | desideration | desideratum | determinant | determinative | do | effect | effectuate | element | elicit | engender | episode | essential | essentials | establish | etiology | event | eventuality | evoke | excuse | experience | fact | factor | fair field | fair game | father | found | foundation | function | gala | generate | gestate | give birth to | give occasion to | give origin to | give rise to | go | ground | grounds | hap | happening | happenstance | impel | impulse | inaugurate | incident | incitement | indispensable | induce | inducement | institute | juncture | justification | liberty | look-in | make | make for | matter of fact | milestone | moment | must | must item | necessaries | necessities | necessity | need | need for | obligation | observance | occasionally | occurrence | on occasion | opening | opportunism | opportunity | originate | particular | party | phenomenon | place | prerequirement | prerequisite | principle | produce | prompt | prompting | provocation | provoke | reality | realize | reason | requirement | requisite | requisition | right | room | scope | set afloat | set on foot | set up | shot | show | sire | squeak | stepping-stone | stimulus | the necessary | the needful | thing | time | turn of events | want | warrant | work | work up See Also | cause | celebration | ceremonial | ceremonial occasion | ceremony | chance | climax | conjuncture | crisis | cut-rate sale | do | flood tide | fundraiser | ground | happening | head | inspire | jubilation | landmark | make | milestone | natural event | observance | occurrence | opportunity | party | pass | photo op | photo opportunity | reason | sale | sales event | social event | straits | time | turning point Occasion In Webster's Dictionary \Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. occasion, L.
occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see {Ob-})
+ cadere to fall. See {Chance}, and cf. {Occident}.]
1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that
which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and
its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions.
--I. Taylor.
2. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance;
convenience.
Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived
me. --Rom. vii.
11.
I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him
to his death. --Waller.
3. An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it
some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to
pass an event, without being its efficient cause or
sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
Her beauty was the occasion of the war. --Dryden.
4. Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no
occasion for firearms.
After we have served ourselves and our own
occasions. --Jer. Taylor.
When my occasions took me into France. --Burke.
5. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, And
entertain with her occasions sly. --Spenser.
{On occasion}, in case of need; in necessity; as convenience
requires; occasionally. ``That we might have intelligence
from him on occasion,'' --De Foe.
Syn: Need; incident; use. See {Opportunity}.
\Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occasioned} (-zh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Occasioning}.] [Cf.F. occasionner.] To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. --South. If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. --Locke. |
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