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- [uh-key-zhuh n]
- /əˈkeɪ ʒən/
- /əˈkeɪʒn/
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- [uh-key-zhuh n]
- /əˈkeɪ ʒən/
Definitions of occasion word
- noun occasion a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions. 1
- noun occasion a special or important time, event, ceremony, celebration, etc.: His birthday will be quite an occasion. 1
- noun occasion a convenient or favorable time, opportunity, or juncture: This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory. 1
- noun occasion the immediate or incidental cause or reason for some action or result: What is the occasion for this uproar? 1
- noun occasion (in the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead) the coincidence of the eternal objects forming a specific point-event. 1
- noun occasion occasions, Obsolete. needs or necessities. necessary business matters: to go about one's lawful occasions. 1
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Origin of occasion
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English occasioun < Old French occasion < Latin occāsiōn- (stem of occāsiō), equivalent to oc- oc- + cās(us) (past participle of cadere to fall, befall) + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Occasion
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
occasion popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
occasion usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for occasion
noun occasion
- time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- juncture — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- event — A thing that happens, esp. one of importance.
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
verb occasion
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
Antonyms for occasion
noun occasion
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
verb occasion
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
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