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noun
1.
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
2.
a special or important time, event, ceremony, celebration, etc.: His birthday will be quite an occasion.
3.
a convenient or favorable time, opportunity, or juncture: This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
4.
the immediate or incidental cause or reason for some action or result: What is the occasion for this uproar?
5.
EXPAND(in the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead) the coincidence of the eternal objects forming a specific point-event.
6.
COLLAPSEoccasions, Obsolete.
a.
needs or necessities.
b.
necessary business matters: to go about one's lawful occasions.
verb (used with object)
7.
to give occasion or cause for; bring about.
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Occasioning
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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on occasion, now and then; from time to time; occasionally: She visits New York on occasion.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English occasioun < Old French occasion < Latin occāsiōn- (stem of occāsiō), equivalent to oc- oc- + cās(us) (past participle of cadere to fall, befall) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English occasioun < Old French occasion < Latin occāsiōn- (stem of occāsiō), equivalent to oc- oc- + cās(us) (past participle of cadere to fall, befall) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
pre·oc·ca·sioned, adjective
Synonyms
3. chance, opening. 4. motive, inducement, influence. See cause. 7. motivate, originate, produce, create.
3. chance, opening. 4. motive, inducement, influence. See cause. 7. motivate, originate, produce, create.
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Word Origin & History
occasion
late 14c., from O.Fr. occasion, from L. occasionem (nom. occasio) "opportunity, appropriate time," from occasum, pp. of occidere "fall down, go down," from ob "down, away" + cadere "to fall" (see case (1)). The notion is of a "falling together," or juncture, of circumstances.
EXPANDThe verb is first attested 1520s.
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