Meaning of occasion in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.

  Example: At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.

• The time when something happens.

  Example: on this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.

• An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.

  Example: I had no occasion to feel offended, however.

• Something which causes something else; a cause.

• An occurrence or incident.

• A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.

  Example: I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.

• Need; requirement, necessity.

  Example: I have no occasion for firearms.

• A special event or function.

  Example: Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.

• A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

verb

• To cause; to produce; to induce

  Example: it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity