Definizione monolingua

occasion

occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)

1. (transitive) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

   it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity

occasion (plural occasions)

1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]

   At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.

2. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]

   I had no occasion to feel offended, however.

3. Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:

     it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government [...].

4. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]
5. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]

   I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.

6. Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
   • I have no occasion for firearms.
7. A special event or function. [from 19th c.]

   Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.

Definizione dizionario occasion

	occasione
	favorable opportunity

avvenimento

caso

causa

causare

circostanza

incidente

luogo

motivo

occorrenza

opportunità

pretesto

provocare

ragione

volta

Altri significati:

need

happening

(obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]

A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

give occasion to

Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]

An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]

A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]

Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]

occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason

A special event or function. [from 19th c.]