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occasion
[ uh-key-zhuhn ]
noun
- a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
They met on three occasions.
- a special or important time, event, ceremony, celebration, etc.:
His birthday will be quite an occasion.
- a convenient or favorable time, opportunity, or juncture:
This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
- the immediate or incidental cause or reason for some action or result:
What is the occasion for this uproar?
Synonyms: influence, inducement, motive
- (in the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead) the coincidence of the eternal objects forming a specific point-event.
- occasions, Obsolete.
- needs or necessities.
- necessary business matters:
to go about one's lawful occasions.
occasion
/ əˈkeɪʒən /
noun
- sometimes foll by of the time of a particular happening or event
- sometimes foll by for a reason or cause (to do or be something); grounds
there was no occasion to complain
- an opportunity (to do something); chance
- a special event, time, or celebration
the party was quite an occasion
- on occasionevery so often
- rise to the occasionto have the courage, wit, etc, to meet the special demands of a situation
- take occasionto avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
verb
- tr to bring about, esp incidentally or by chance
Other Words From
- preoc·casioned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of occasion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of occasion1
Idioms and Phrases
- on occasion, now and then; from time to time; occasionally:
She visits New York on occasion.
More idioms and phrases containing occasion
see on occasion ; rise to the occasion .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
India's top court has also warned against the misuse of the law on many occasions.
On one occasion he decided to take out his smartphone and "just had a look to see whether there was an answer to that question", he recalls.
Threats to jail Democratic mayors or governors who defy or oppose Trumpov's deportation plans, for instance, would provide the perfect occasion to convene a citizens assembly on the topic.
The fisherman says he has complained to the local authorities on multiple occasions, but nothing is ever done.
As he vied for a second term in 2019, Trudeau's re-election campaign was rocked by images that were released showing him as a younger man donning brown face on at least three occasions.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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