How to pronounce “occasion”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
• The time when something happens.
• An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
• Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
• (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th–18th c.]
• A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]
• A need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
• A special event or function. [from 19th c.]
• A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce

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