occasion
Occasion is a special event or a specific time when something is possible or when something will happen.
(noun)An example of an occasion is a birthday.
See occasion in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a favorable time or juncture; opportunity
- a fact, event, or state of affairs that makes something else possible: a chance meeting was the occasion of the renewal of their friendship
- a cause or reason: you have no occasion to be angry
- a happening; occurrence
- the time at which something happens; particular time: on the occasion of our last meeting
- a special time or event, suitable for celebration
- need arising from circumstances
- Obsolete needs; requirements
- Archaic affairs; business
Origin: ME occasioun < OFr < L occasio, accidental opportunity, fit time < occasus, pp. of occidere, to fall < ob- (see ob-) + cadere, to fall: see case
transitive verb
See occasion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. An event or happening; an incident.b. The time at which an event occurs.
- A significant event.
- A favorable or appropriate time or juncture; an opportunity. See Synonyms at opportunity.
- Something that brings on or precipitates an action, condition, or event, especially the immediate cause. See Synonyms at cause.
- Something that provides a reason or justification; a ground.
- A need created by a particular circumstance: “He must buy what he has little occasion for” (Laurence Sterne).
- A large or important social gathering.
- occasions Archaic Personal requirements or necessities.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin occāsiō, occāsiōn-
Origin: , from occāsus
Origin: , past participle of occidere, to fall
Origin: : ob-, down; see ob-
Origin: + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots
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