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Occasion   /əkˈeɪʒən/   Listen
noun
Occasion  n.  
1.
A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event. "The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions."
2.
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience. "Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me." "I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death."
3.
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. "Her beauty was the occasion of the war."
4.
Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms. "After we have served ourselves and our own occasions." "When my occasions took me into France."
5.
A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. "Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, And entertain with her occasions sly."
On occasion,
(a)
in case of need; in necessity; as convenience requires. "That we might have intelligence from him on occasion,"
(b)
occasionally; from time to time; now and then.
Synonyms: Need; incident; use. See Opportunity.


verb
Occasion  v. t.  (past & past part. occasioned; pres. part. occasioning)  To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. "If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes."





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"Occasion" Quotes from Famous Books



... truth been seeing Carthew almost daily; but on this occasion he used the word "see" ...
— Mr. Prohack • E. Arnold Bennett
... gratitude of all artists. In these idyllic days Mr. Story's young daughter, Edith, (now the Marchesa Peruzzi di Medici, of Florence,) had a birthday, which the poetic group all united to celebrate. In honor of the occasion Landor not only wrote a Latin poem for the charming girl, but he appeared in a wonderful flowered waistcoat, one that dated back to the days of Lady Blessington, to the amusement of all the group. From Isa ...
— The Brownings - Their Life and Art • Lilian Whiting
... thirteene yeers of age, whose compassionate pitiful heart, of desperate estate, gave me much cause to respect her: I being the first Christian this proud King and his grim attendants ever saw: and thus inthralled in their barbarous power, I cannot say I felt the least occasion of want that was in the power of those my mortal foes to prevent, notwithstanding all their threats. After some six weeks fatting among those Salvage Courtiers, at the minute of my execution, she hazarded the beating out of her owne braines to save mine, and not only that, ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I • Various
... rocks, where the wolves and hyaenas take refuge during the day. Some of these animals paid us a visit on the evening of the 27th: their approach was discovered by the dogs of the village; and on this occasion it is remarkable, that the dogs did not bark, but howl in the most dismal manner. The inhabitants of the village no sooner heard them than, knowing the cause, they armed themselves; and providing bunches of dry grass, went ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park
... Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it. . . . Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a ...
— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett


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