Meaning of occasion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
   countable, uncountable
2. To provide occasion for; cause: "The broadcast and its immediate aftermath occasioned a cascade of media commentary" (Lewis Sorley).
3. The time when something happens.
   countable, uncountable
4. From time to time; now and then.
5. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
   countable, uncountable
6. To find the ability to deal with an unexpected challenge.
7. Something which causes something else; a cause.
   countable, uncountable
8. To make use of the opportunity (to do something).
9. An occurrence or incident.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. on occasion, once in a while; occasionally; periodically.
11. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
    countable, uncountable
12. happening, done etc now and then. I take an occasional trip to London. nou en dan, af en toe من حين إلى آخَر случаен ocasional příležitostný gelegentlich lejlighedsvis περιστασιακός, σποραδικόςocasional, poco frecuente juhuslik گهگاهی؛ چند وقت یکبار satunnainen qui a lieu de temps en temps מִדֵי פַּעַם समय-समय पर povremen alkalmi sesekali sem gerist endrum og eins occasionale 時折の 임시의 atsitiktinis, retai pasitaikantis, proginis reizēm notiekošs; nejaušs sekali-sekala nu en dan voorkomend som s...
    etc
13. A need; requirement, necessity.
    countable, uncountable
14. now and then. I occasionally go to the theatre. nou en dan, soms أحْيانا понякога ocasionalmente občas gelegentlich nu og da σποραδικά, πότε πότε de vez en cuando, a veces vahetevahel گهگاه satunnaisesti de temps en temps מִדי פַּעַם कभी कभी povremeno alkalmilag, néha kadang-kadang öðru hverju occasionalmente 時々 임시로 retkarčiais reizēm; šad un tad sekali-sekala nu en dannå og da, av og tilniekiedy كله كله de vez em quando ocazional иногда príležitostne tu pa tam povremeno då och då, emellanåt ...
15. A special event or function.
    countable, uncountable
16. An event or happening, or the time of an event or happening: On several occasions, we saw him riding a motorcycle.
17. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
    countable, uncountable
18. A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering: The reception proved to be quite the occasion.
19. A favorable or appropriate time or juncture: saw the layoff as an occasion to change careers. See Synonyms at opportunity.

Equivalents

Examples

“At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.”

“Foꝛ ſynne toke occaſiõ by the meanes of the cõmaundement and ſo diſceaved me / and by the ſilfe cõmaundemẽt ſlewe me.”

“I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.”

“That our Work, therefore, might be in no Danger of being likened to the Labours of theſe Hiſtorians, we have taken every Occaſion of interſpersing through the whole ſundry Similes, Deſcriptions, and other kind of poetical Embelliſhments.”

“On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.”

“And Vickers launched forth in a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with supreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.”

“I had no occasion to feel offended, however.”

“[I]t were too vile to ſay, and ſcarce to be beleeued, what we endured: but the occaſion was our owne, for want of prouidence, induſtrie and gouernment, […]”

“I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.”

“a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa”

“I only think of you on two occasions / That's day and night / I'd go for broke if I could be with you / Only you can make it right”

“In the last two decades, North Korea has on various occasions conducted highly provocative missile and nuclear tests and promised to turn Seoul into a sea of fire.”

“I have no occasion for firearms.”

“[…] after we have ſerved our ſelves, and our own occaſions.”

“When my occaſions took me into France, […]”

“I had occasion,[…], to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return,[…], I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting,[…], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.”

“Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.”

“VVhoſe manner was all paſſengers to ſtay, / And entertaine with her occaſions ſly, […]”

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