occasions

oc·ca·sion  (-kzhn)

n.

1.

a. An event or happening; an incident.

b. The time at which an event occurs.

2. A significant event.

3. A favorable or appropriate time or juncture; an opportunity. See Synonyms at opportunity.

4. Something that brings on or precipitates an action, condition, or event, especially the immediate cause. See Synonyms at cause.

5. Something that provides a reason or justification; a ground.

6. A need created by a particular circumstance: "He must buy what he has little occasion for" (Laurence Sterne).

7. A large or important social gathering.

8. occasions Archaic Personal requirements or necessities.

tr.v. oc·ca·sioned, oc·ca·sion·ing, oc·ca·sions

To provide occasion for; cause: "The year's annual reports occasion an especially revealing glimpse of how corporations lend . . . embellishment to the stark numbers of the comptroller's office" (Mark Muro).

Idiom:

on occasion

From time to time; now and then.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin occsi, occsin-, from occsus, past participle of occidere, to fall : ob-, down; see ob- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

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occasions [əˈkeɪʒənz]

pl n Archaic

1. (sometimes singular) needs; necessities

2. personal or business affairs

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

occasions - something you have to do; "he minded his own specialized occasions" business - an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"