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Synonyms for occasion
əˈkeɪ ʒənoc·ca·sion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. occasion

    The efficient cause, that which makes anything to be or be done, is the common meaning of the word, as in the saying "There is no effect without a cause." Every man instinctively recognizes himself acting through will as the cause of his own actions. The Creator is the Great First Cause of all things. A condition is something that necessarily precedes a result, but does not produce it. An antecedent simply precedes a result, with or without any agency in producing it; as, Monday is the invariable antecedent of Tuesday, but not the cause of it. The direct antonym of cause is effect, while that of antecedent is consequent. An occasion is some event which brings a cause into action at a particular moment; gravitation and heat are the causes of an avalanche; the steep incline of the mountain-side is a necessary condition, and the shout of the traveler may be the occasion of its fall. Causality is the doctrine or principle of causes, causation the action or working of causes. Compare DESIGN; REASON.

    Synonyms:
    actor, agent, antecedent, author, causality, causation, cause, condition, creator, designer, former, fountain, motive, origin, originator, power, precedent, reason, reason, source, spring

    Antonyms:
    consequence, creation, development, effect, end, end, event, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result

    Preposition:
    The cause of the disaster; cause for interference.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. occasionnoun

    Synonyms:
    conjuncture, opportunity, occurrence, cause, need, event, reason, necessity, opening, ground

    Antonyms:
    untimeliness, unseasonableness, frustration

  2. occasionverb

    Synonyms:
    cause, make, create

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. juncture, occasionnoun

    an event that occurs at a critical time

    "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"

    Synonyms:
    social function, joint, affair, function, junction, social occasion, articulation, crossroads, juncture, critical point, join

  2. affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social functionnoun

    a vaguely specified social event

    "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

    Synonyms:
    routine, map, subprogram, single-valued function, social function, use, procedure, amour, subroutine, role, function, matter, affair, social occasion, liaison, thing, involvement, juncture, affaire, part, intimacy, purpose, mathematical function, office, mapping

  3. occasionnoun

    reason

    "there was no occasion for complaint"

    Synonyms:
    affair, social occasion, social function, function, juncture

  4. occasionnoun

    the time of a particular event

    "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"

    Synonyms:
    affair, social occasion, social function, function, juncture

  5. occasionverb

    an opportunity to do something

    "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"

    Synonyms:
    affair, social occasion, social function, function, juncture

  6. occasionverb

    give occasion to

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. occasionnoun

    Synonyms:
    occurrence, incident, casualty, event

  2. occasionnoun

    Synonyms:
    opportunity, juncture, conjuncture, opening, room, suitable time, favorable time, nick of time, golden opportunity

  3. occasionnoun

    Synonyms:
    necessity, need, exigency

  4. occasionnoun

    Synonyms:
    cause (accidental), ground, reason

  5. occasionverb

    Synonyms:
    cause, produce, originate, breed, create, bring about, give rise to, give occasion to, bring to pass, be the cause of

  6. occasionverb

    Synonyms:
    induce, influence, persuade, move

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "occasion":

    opportunity, chance, time, appropriate, event, reason, 'occasion, moment, case, connection

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How to use occasion in a sentence?

  1. Greg Abbott:

    Everybody in this entire process and everybody in the state of Texas never wants to see another occasion where innocent students are gunned down in their own schools.

  2. Andrae Crouch:

    I memorized everything through sight, the shape of the word, some things that I write, you'll see a page with cartoon pictures or a drawing of a car -- like a Ford -- or a flag. I still do it on an occasion when a word is strange to me.

  3. Brian Fallon:

    The Democrats are just beginning to realize this is a fight for the very soul of our country, if we don't rise to the occasion, we will be living with the lasting effects of Trumpism for 40 years.

  4. Beatrice Hahn:

    Hence, on this occasion, humans got lucky.

  5. Mark Esper:

    It is increasingly clear that Russia and China want to disrupt the international order by gaining a veto over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions, the United States is facing this challenge head-on, but if we are to preserve the world all of us have created together through decades of shared sacrifice, we must all rise to the occasion.


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