take occasion

Variant of occasion

occasion definition

oc·ca·sion (ə kā′z̸hən, ō-)

noun

  1. a favorable time or juncture; opportunity
  2. a fact, event, or state of affairs that makes something else possible a chance meeting was the occasion of the renewal of their friendship
  3. a cause or reason you have no occasion to be angry
    1. a happening; occurrence
    2. the time at which something happens; particular time on the occasion of our last meeting
  5. a special time or event, suitable for celebration
  6. need arising from circumstances
    1. Obsolete needs; requirements
    2. Archaic affairs; business

Etymology: 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

to be the occasion of; give occasion to; cause
occasion Idioms

on occasion

once in a while; sometimes; occasionally

rise to the occasion

to do whatever suddenly becomes necessary; meet an emergency

take (the) occasion

to use the opportunity (to do something)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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