Occasion
[ə'keɪʒ(ə)n] or [ə'keʒn]
Definition
(noun.) reason; 'there was no occasion for complaint'.
(noun.) an opportunity to do something; 'there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill'.
(noun.) the time of a particular event; 'on the occasion of his 60th birthday'.
(verb.) give occasion to.
Typist: Tabitha--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
(n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
(n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
(v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
Checker: McDonald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Occurrence, incident, casualty, event.[2]. Opportunity, juncture, conjuncture, opening, room, suitable time, favorable time, nick of time, golden opportunity.[3]. Necessity, need, exigency.[4]. Cause (accidental), ground, reason.
v. a. [1]. Cause, produce, originate, breed, create, bring about, give rise to, give occasion to, bring to pass, be the cause of.[2]. Induce, influence, persuade, move.
Typist: Virginia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cause, make, create,[See PRODUCE_and_CREATE]
SYN:Conjuncture, opportunity, occurrence, cause, need, event, reason, necessity,opening, ground
ANT:Untimeliness, unseasonableness, frustration
Checker: Mario
Definition
n. a case of something happening: a special time or season: a chance of bringing about something desired: an event which although not the cause determines the time at which another happens: a reason or excuse: opportunity: requirement business: a special ceremony.—v.t. to cause indirectly: to influence.—adj. Occā′sional falling in the way or happening: occurring only at times: resulting from accident: produced on some special event.—ns. Occā′sionalism the philosophical system of the Cartesian school for explaining the action of mind upon matter or the combined action of both by the direct intervention of God who on the occasion of certain modifications in our minds excites the corresponding movements of body and on the occasion of certain changes in our body awakens the corresponding feelings in the mind; Occā′sionalist; Occasional′ity.—adv. Occā′sionally.—n. Occā′sioner.—On occasion in case of need: as opportunity offers from time to time; Take occasion to take advantage of an opportunity.
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Examples
- The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The van der Luydens had done their best to emphasise the importance of the occasion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The pleasanter face which had replaced his, on the occasion of my last visit, answered to our summons, and went before us to the drawing-room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His employment may, upon most occasions, be as constant as he pleases. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I could not see how human beings could enjoy the sufferings of beasts, and often of men, as they seemed to do on these occasions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Almost all states, however, ancient as well as modern, when reduced to this necessity, have, upon some occasions, played this very juggling trick. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The 'young gal' likewise occasioned me some uneasiness: not so much by neglecting to wash the plates, as by breaking them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I thought it best to hint, through the medium of a meditative look, that this might be occasioned by circumstances over which I had no control. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Almost every class of artificers is subject to some peculiar infirmity occasioned by excessive application to their peculiar species of work. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from me generation to another. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This business afterward occasioned me a good deal of uneasiness. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This was not so very easy a question to answer, and occasioned an Oh! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mrs. Bagnet hurried us into a more secluded place and was at first too breathless to proceed, occasioning Mr. Bagnet to say, Old girl! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I said nothing: I was afraid of occasioning some shock by declaring my identity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called 'the creeps'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The adult uses his powers to transform his environment, thereby occasioning new stimuli which redirect his powers and keep them developing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checker: Reginald