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occasion
noun
1 occasion
An event that occurs at a critical time:
— It was needed only on special occasions.
synonym: juncture.
Roget 153:
cause,
origin,
source,
principle,
element;
occasioner†,
prime mover,
primum mobile [Lat.];
vera causa [Lat.];
author
etc.
(producer)
164;
mainspring;
agent;
leaven;
groundwork,
foundation
etc.
(support)
215.
spring,
fountain,
well,
font;
fountainhead,
spring head,
wellhead;
fons et origo [Lat.],
genesis;
descent
etc.
(paternity)
166;
remote cause;
influence.
pivot,
hinge,
turning point,
lever,
crux,
fulcrum;
key;
proximate cause,
causa causans [Lat.];
straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground;
reason,
reason why;
why and wherefore,
rationale,
occasion,
derivation;
final cause
etc.
(intention)
620;
les dessous des cartes [Fr.];
undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg,
germ,
embryo,
bud,
root,
radix radical,
etymon,
nucleus,
seed,
stem,
stock,
stirps,
trunk,
tap-root,
gemmule†,
radicle,
semen,
sperm.
nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed.
causality,
causation;
origination;
production
etc.
161.
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Roget 8:
circumstance,
situation,
phase,
position,
posture,
attitude,
place,
point;
terms;
regime;
footing,
standing,
status.
occasion,
juncture,
conjunctive;
contingency
etc.
(event)
151.
predicament;
emergence,
emergency;
exigency,
crisis,
pinch,
pass,
push;
occurrence;
turning point.
bearings,
how the land lies.
surroundings,
context,
environment
232;
location
184.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
causation
153,
attribution
155.
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Roget 134:
timeliness,
occasion,
opportunity,
opening,
room;
event
(eventuality)
151;
suitable season,
proper season,
suitable time,
proper time;
high time;
opportuneness
etc.
adj.;
tempestivity†.
crisis,
turn,
juncture,
conjuncture;
crisis,
turning point,
given time.
nick of time;
golden opportunity,
well timed opportunity,
fine opportunity,
favorable opportunity,
opening;
clear stage,
fair field;
mollia tempora [Lat.];
fata Morgana [Lat.];
spare time
etc.
(leisure)
685.
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Dutch: gelegenheid
2 occasion
3 occasion
4 occasion
The time of a particular event.
5 occasion
An opportunity to do something.
Dutch: gebeurtenis, beurt
Polish: sposobność, pretekst
verb
1 occasion
Give occasion to.
Roget 153:
be the cause of
etc.
n .;
originate;
give origin to,
give rise,
to,
give occasion to;
cause,
occasion,
sow the seeds of,
kindle,
suscitate†;
bring on,
bring to bring pass,
bring about;
produce;
create
etc.
161;
set up,
set afloat,
set on foot;
found,
broach,
institute,
lay the foundation of;
lie at the root of.
procure,
induce,
draw down,
open the door to,
superinduce,
evoke,
entail,
operate;
elicit,
provoke.
conduce to
etc.
(tend to)
176;
contribute;
have a hand in the pie,
have a finger in the pie;
determine,
decide,
turn the scale;
have a common origin;
derive its origin
etc.
(effect)
154.
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