04-02-2021

Occasion Synonyme



Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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  • noun An event or happening, or the time of an event or happening.
  • noun A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering.
  • noun A favorable or appropriate time or juncture: synonym: opportunity.
  • noun A cause of or reason for something: synonym: cause.
  • noun A need created by a particular circumstance.
  • nounArchaic Personal requirements or necessities.
  • transitive verb To provide occasion for; cause.
  • idiom (on occasion) From time to time; now and then.
  • idiom (rise to the occasion) To find the ability to deal with an unexpected challenge.
  • idiom (take the occasion) To make use of the opportunity (to do something).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cause incidentally or indirectly; bring about or be the means of bringing about or producing; produce.
  • To lead or induce by an occasion or opportunity; impel or induce by circumstances; impel; lead.
  • Synonyms To bring about, give rise to, be the cause of.
  • noun An occurrence; an event; an incident; a happening.
  • noun A special occurrence or happening; a particular time or season, especially one marked by some particular occurrence or juncture of circumstances; instance; time; season.
  • noun An event which affords a person a reason or motive for doing something or seeking something to be done at a particular time, whether he desires it should be done or not; hence, an opportunity for bringing about a desired result; also, a need; an exigency.
  • noun Used absolutely, though referring to a particular action.
  • noun In negative phrases.
  • noun In the abstract, convenience; opportunity: not referring to a particular act.
  • noun Need; necessity: in the abstract.
  • noun An accidental cause.
  • noun An event, or series of events, which lead to a given result, but are not of such a nature as generally to produce such results: sometimes used loosely for an efficient cause in general, as in the example from Merlin.
  • noun An incident cause, or cause determining the particular time when an event shall occur that is sure to be brought about sooner or later by other causes. The idea seems to be vague.
  • noun Causal action; agency. See def. 4.
  • noun Chance; occurrence; incident.
  • noun A consideration; a reason for action, not necessarily an event that has just occurred.
  • noun Business; affair: chiefly in the plural.
  • noun A high event; a special ceremony or celebration; a function.
  • nounplural Necessities of nature.
  • nounSynonyms and Opportunity, Occasion. See opportunity.2, 3, and Occurrence, etc. (see exigency), conjuncture, necessity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event.
  • noun A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
  • noun 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.
  • noun Need; exigency; requirement; necessity.
  • noun A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
  • noun occasionally; from time to time; now and then.
  • transitive verb To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verbtransitive To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Occasion synonyme soutenu
  • noun reason
  • noun the time of a particular event
  • verb give occasion to
  • noun an opportunity to do something
  • noun a vaguely specified social event
  • noun an event that occurs at a critical time

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin occāsiō, occāsiōn-, from occāsus, past participle of occidere, to fall : ob-, down; see ob– + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old French ocasion, from Latin occasionem (accusative of occasio), noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- ('down', 'away') + verb cado ('fall').

Examples

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • For once in your life can't you keep your whining at home and think of others and what the occasion is about?

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • Here in the United States, the occasion is a timely reminder of the importance of home in our cities and in our communities.

  • On the other hand, if the occasion is a job interview, then perhaps the dreaded pants-suit should be stomached.

  • In Daphne the occasion is a festival in honor of Dionysus and as is typically the case, the chorus and dancers cavort around in Looney Tunes-inspired fashion for several minutes.

  • And heck yeah, if the occasion is an excuse for good food, I'm happy!

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oc·ca·sion

(ə-kā′zhən)n.
1. An event or happening, or the time of an event or happening: On several occasions, we saw him riding a motorcycle.
2. A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering: The reception proved to be quite the occasion.
3. A favorable or appropriate time or juncture: saw the layoff as an occasion to change careers. See Synonyms at opportunity.
4.
a. A cause of or reason for something: a trade disagreement that furnished the occasion for war. See Synonyms at cause.
b. A need created by a particular circumstance: 'He must buy what he has little occasion for'(Laurence Sterne).
5. occasionsArchaic Personal requirements or necessities.
tr.v.oc·ca·sioned, oc·ca·sion·ing, oc·ca·sions
To provide occasion for; cause: 'The broadcast and its immediate aftermath occasioned a cascade of media commentary'(Lewis Sorley).
Idioms:

Occasion When Where

on occasion
rise to the occasion
To find the ability to deal with an unexpected challenge.
take the occasion

Occasion Adjectif Synonyme

To make use of the opportunity (to do something).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin occāsiō, occāsiōn-, from occāsus, past participle of occidere, to fall : ob-, down; see ob- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

occasions

(əˈkeɪʒənz) pl n
2. personal or business affairs
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Occasions Synonym

Noun1.occasions - something you have to do; 'he minded his own specialized occasions'
business - an immediate objective; 'gossip was the main business of the evening'
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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