occasion
noun
[ əˈkeɪʒ(ə)n ]
• a particular event, or the time at which it takes place.
• "on one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning"
Similar:
instance,
time,
moment,
juncture,
point,
event,
happening,
occurrence,
affair,
incident,
episode,
experience,
situation,
case,
circumstance,
• reason; cause.
• "it's the first time that I've had occasion to complain"
Similar:
reason,
cause,
call,
grounds,
justification,
need,
necessity,
requirement,
excuse,
pretext,
stimulus,
inducement,
provocation,
motive,
occasion
verb
• cause (something).
• "something vital must have occasioned this visit"
Similar:
cause,
give rise to,
bring about,
result in,
lead to,
prompt,
provoke,
evoke,
elicit,
call forth,
produce,
create,
arouse,
make (for),
generate,
engender,
originate,
effect,
bring on,
induce,
precipitate,
stir up,
inspire,
spark off,
trigger,
breed,
beget,
effectuate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin occasio(n- ) ‘juncture, reason’, from occidere ‘go down, set’, from ob- ‘towards’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
