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occasion

(/@/'k/eI//Z//@/n )

an event that occurs at a critical time(noun.event)

Example:
It was needed only on special occasions.

Synonym:
juncture

source: wordnet30
a vaguely specified social event(noun.event)

Example:
An occasion arranged to honor the president.

Synonym:
affair, function, social function, social occasion

source: wordnet30
reason(noun.motive)

Example:
There was no occasion for complaint.

source: wordnet30
the time of a particular event(noun.time)

Example:
On the occasion of his 60th birthday.

source: wordnet30
an opportunity to do something(noun.state)

Example:
There was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill.

source: wordnet30
A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.(noun)

source: webster1913

give occasion to(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.(verb)

source: webster1913

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