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occasion
(/@/'k/eI//Z//@/n )

noun (n)

  • an event that occurs at a critical time(noun.event)
    Example:
    It was needed only on special occasions.
    Synonym:
    juncture
    source: wordnet30
  • a vaguely specified social event(noun.event)
    Example:
    An occasion arranged to honor the president.
    Synonym:
    affair, function, social function, social occasion
    source: wordnet30
  • reason(noun.motive)
    Example:
    There was no occasion for complaint.
    source: wordnet30
  • the time of a particular event(noun.time)
    Example:
    On the occasion of his 60th birthday.
    source: wordnet30
  • an opportunity to do something(noun.state)
    Example:
    There was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill.
    source: wordnet30
  • A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • give occasion to(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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