occasion
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
Example
“At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.”
Other meanings
The time when something happens.
“On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.”
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
“I had no occasion to feel offended, however.”
Related words
- unoccasioned
- interoccasion
- occasionless
- occasionwear
- improve the occasion
- take occasion
- occasional
- on occasion
- rise to the occasion
- social occasion
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "occāsiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “occasion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.