Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
OCCASION
juncture, occasion
(noun) an event that occurs at a critical time; âat such junctures he always had an impulse to leaveâ; âit was needed only on special occasionsâ
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
(noun) a vaguely specified social event; âthe party was quite an affairâ; âan occasion arranged to honor the presidentâ; âa seemingly endless round of social functionsâ
occasion
(noun) reason; âthere was no occasion for complaintâ
occasion
(noun) an opportunity to do something; âthere was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skillâ
occasion
(noun) the time of a particular event; âon the occasion of his 60th birthdayâ
occasion
(verb) give occasion to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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