OCCASION

juncture, occasion

(noun) 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”

affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function

(noun) 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”

occasion

(noun) reason; “there was no occasion for complaint”

occasion

(noun) an opportunity to do something; “there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill”

occasion

(noun) the time of a particular event; “on the occasion of his 60th birthday”

occasion

(verb) give occasion to

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)

A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]

The time when something happens.

An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]

Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]

A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]

Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]

A special event or function. [from 19th c.]

A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Verb

occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)

(transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce

Source: Wiktionary

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Oc*ca"sion, n. Etym: [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occasioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Occasioning.] Etym: [Cf.F. occasionner.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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