OCCASION
\əkˈe͡ɪʒən], \əkˈeɪʒən], \ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of OCCASION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
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reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
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an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
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the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
By Princeton University
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an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
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reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
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an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
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the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
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A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
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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.
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Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
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A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
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To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
By Oddity Software
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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
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A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
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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.
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Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
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A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
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To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Occurrence; opportunity; cause; need.
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To cause.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An occurrence; opportunity, favourable time or circumstances; incidental cause; incidental need; situation of affairs.
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To cause incidentally; to produce; to influence.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] A falling , happening, or coming to pass; an occurrence, casualty, incident ;- a favourable opportunity ;- convenient time, season, or circumstance ;— accidental cause; ground or reason for ;— casual exigency ; incidental need ; requirement.
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