NOUN | event | occasion, juncture | an event that occurs at a critical time |
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event | occasion, affair, social occasion, function, social function | a vaguely specified social event | |
motive | occasion | reason | |
time | occasion | the time of a particular event | |
state | occasion | an opportunity to do something | |
VERB | creation | occasion | give occasion to |
Sounds | ahkey'zhahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | An event that occurs at a critical time. | |
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Example | "it was needed only on special occasions" | |
Synonym | juncture | |
Narrower | climax, flood tide | The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
conjuncture | A critical combination of events or circumstances | |
crisis | A crucial stage / stage or turning point in the course of something | |
landmark, turning point, watershed | An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | |
milestone | A significant event in your life (or in a project) | |
pass, head, straits | A difficult juncture | |
reality check | An occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world | |
Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
Spanish | coyuntura |
Meaning | reason. | |
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Example | "there was no occasion for complaint" | |
Broader | reason, ground | A rational motive for a belief or action |
Spanish | causa, motivo, ocasión, razón | |
Catalan | causa, motiu, raó | |
Verbs | occasion | give occasion to |
Meaning | The time of a particular event. | |
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Example | "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" | |
Narrower | meal | Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom / custom or habit at more or less fixed times |
Broader | time | A suitable moment |
Verbs | occasion | give occasion to |
Meaning | An opportunity to do something. | |
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Example | "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" | |
Narrower | sale, cut-rate sale, sales event | An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices |
Broader | opportunity, chance | A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances |
Spanish | ocasión, oportunidad | |
Catalan | ocasió, oportunitat | |
Verbs | occasion | give occasion to |
Meaning | Give occasion to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Narrower | inspire | Supply the inspiration for |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
Spanish | ocasionar | |
Nouns | occasion | reason |
occasion | an opportunity to do something | |
occasion | the time of a particular event |
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