occasion

Plural: occasions

Noun

• an event that occurs at a critical time
  • "it was needed only on special occasions"
• a vaguely specified social event
  • "an occasion arranged to honor the president"
• reason
  • "there was no occasion for complaint"
• the time of a particular event
  • "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
• an opportunity to do something
  • "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
• A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
• The time when something happens.
• An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
• Something which causes something else; a cause.
• An occurrence or incident.
• A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
• A need; requirement, necessity.
• A special event or function.
• A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Verb

Verb Forms: occasioned, occasioning, occasions

• To be the cause of; to bring about or lead to.
• give occasion to
• To cause; to produce; to induce

Examples

• a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
• At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.
• Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.
• His strategic word placement did occasion a massive score for him in Scrabble.
• I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
• I had no occasion to feel offended, however.
• I have no occasion for firearms.
• It is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity.
• On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.

Synonyms

affair, function, juncture, social function, social occasion, befalling, episode, event, goings-on, hap, happening, incident, instant, minute, moment, occasion, occurrence, point in time, proceeding, sith, time

Anagrams of occasion