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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



... similar occasion, at this rostrum in 1949, I heard a great American President, Harry S. Truman, declare this: "The American people have decided that poverty is just as wasteful and just as unnecessary ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... lovers—or, at least, of those who counted themselves as such. The last Philharmonic Concert of the season had been announced; and as one of its items was Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the crowd was, as usual on such an occasion, ...
— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... he has done all the cruel things he is accused of, but says that his sternness and severity were necessary for the occasion, and that Spain should be very grateful to have found such a leader at such ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various
... the moment, also in part explains why it is that memory always idealizes, and sometimes almost transfigures, the attitude we have taken up at any period of the past—a change due to our inability to remember all the fleeting influences which disturbed us on any given occasion. Memory is in this respect like the lens of a camera obscura: it contracts everything within its range, and so produces a much finer picture than the actual landscape affords. And, in the case of a man, absence ...
— Counsels and Maxims - From The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer • Arthur Schopenhauer
... character of the clergymen with corruption, against which no one could ever utter the faintest moral delinquency. She can beggar the wealthy, and degrade the noble. In short, she can whisper men base or foolish, jealous or ill-natured; or, if occasion requires, can tell you the failings of their great-grandmothers, and traduce the memory of virtuous citizens who have been in their graves ...
— Talkers - With Illustrations • John Bate


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