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Occasion
/əˈkeɪʒən/
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
📖 Definitions of "Occasion"
noun
- 1
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
"At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation."
- 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; a motive or reason.
"I had no occasion to feel offended, however."
- 4
Something which causes something else; a cause.
verb
- 1
To cause; to produce; to induce
"it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity"
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