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occasion

noun
/əˈkeɪʒən/

Etymology

From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occāsiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occāsus, from verb occidō, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cadō (“fall”).

  1. derived from occāsiō
  2. derived from occasiun
  3. derived from occasion
  4. inherited from occasioun

Definitions

  1. A favorable opportunity

    A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.

    • At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.
    • Foꝛ ſynne toke occaſiõ by the meanes of the cõmaundement and ſo diſceaved me / and by the ſilfe cõmaundemẽt ſlewe me.
    • I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.

  2. The time when something happens.

    • On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.

  3. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction

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

    • I had no occasion to feel offended, however.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Something which causes something else

      Something which causes something else; a cause.

      • [I]t were too vile to ſay, and ſcarce to be beleeued, what we endured: but the occaſion was our owne, for want of prouidence, induſtrie and gouernment, […]

    2. An occurrence or incident.

    3. A particular happening

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

      • I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
      • a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
      • I only think of you on two occasions / That's day and night / I'd go for broke if I could be with you / Only you can make it right

    4. A need

      A need; requirement, necessity.

      • I have no occasion for firearms.
      • […] after we have ſerved our ſelves, and our own occaſions.
      • When my occaſions took me into France, […]

    5. A special event or function.

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

    6. A reason or excuse

      A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

      • VVhoſe manner was all paſſengers to ſtay, / And entertaine with her occaſions ſly, […]

    7. To cause

      To cause; to produce; to induce

      • It is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity.
      • To the Author's private circle the appearance of this singular Work on Clothes must have occasioned little less surprise than it has to the rest of the world.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at occasion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at occasion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at occasion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA