occasion
occasion [noun]
1. an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
2. a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
3. reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
4. the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
5. an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
occasion [verb]
1. give occasion to
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noun
celebration, function, affair, party
reason, cause, excuse, justification, grounds
event, occurrence, incident, time, instance, chance, case, opportunity
verb
cause, give rise to, bring about, result in, lead to, prompt, provoke, evoke, elicit, call forth, produce, create, arouse, make, make for, generate, engender, originate, effect, bring on, induce, precipitate, stir up, inspire, spark off, trigger, breed, beget, effectuate
