Occasion

Noun

 * 1) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
 * 2) An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
 * 3) Something which causes something else; a cause.
 * 4) A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
 * 5) Need; requirement, necessity.
 * 6) A special event or function.

Verb

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

Adjectives for Occasion
separate; auspicious; festal; appropriate; trivial; extraordinary; momentous; impressive; everyday; obvious; picturesque; solemn; world-famous; little-known; grand; festival; ordinary; virtuous; sacred; proudest; notable; exceptional; peculiar; unprecedented; joyful; speedy; multiple; fateful; celebrated; infrequent; mellow; critical; innocent; ceremonial; last-mentioned; rare; various (plural); utmost; ample; dire; approaching; long-expected; abundant; subsequent; memorable; numerous (plural); lugubrious; insignificant; gala;

Verbs for Occasion
afford—; commemorate—; contrive—; feast on—; hunger for—; observe—; offer—; present—; rise to—; seduce by—; seek—; seize —; snatch—; spurn—; —demands; — merits; —prompts; —slips by; —warrants,

Thesaurus
condition, conjuncture, contingency, create, demand, demand for, desideration, desideratum, determinant, determinative, do, effect, effectuate, element, elicit, engender, episode, essential, essentials, establish, etiology, event, eventuality, evoke, excuse, experience, fact, factor, fair field, fair game, father, found, foundation, function, gala, generate, gestate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, go, ground, grounds, hap, happening, happenstance, impel, impulse, inaugurate, incident, incitement, indispensable, induce, inducement, institute, juncture, justification, liberty, look-in, make, make for, matter of fact, milestone, moment, must, must item, necessaries, necessities, necessity, need, need for, obligation, observance, occasionally, occurrence, on occasion, opening, opportunism, opportunity, originate, particular, party, phenomenon, place, prerequirement, prerequisite, principle, produce, prompt, prompting, provocation, provoke, reality, realize, reason, requirement, requisite, requisition, right, room, scope, set afloat, set on foot, set up, shot, show, sire, squeak, stepping-stone, stimulus, the necessary, the needful, thing, time, turn of events, want, warrant, work, work up

Etymology
From occasion, from  occasionem (accusative of occasio), noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occado, from prefix ob- "down", "away" + verb cado, "fall".

Noun

 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, voorval
 * Finnish:


 * Portuguese: ocasião
 * Romanian: întâmplare, hazard
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:  ,
 * Basque: abagune, aukera
 * Chinese: 场合 (chǎnghé)
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 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 場合 (ばあい, baai)
 * Korean: 기회 (gihoe)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ocazie, situație favorabilă
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 * Finnish: sattumus, ,
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Verb

 * Danish: foranledige, forårsage
 * Dutch:


 * Scottish Gaelic:

Noun

 * 1) A well-timed instance, occurrence or circumstance.
 * 2) A good deal.
 * 3) Object of such a deal.
 * 4)  Circumstances that end with or cause a certain action.
 * 5) Any specific circumstance or case.

Etymology
From occasionem (accusative of occasio).

Derived terms

 * à l'occasion
 * d'occasion
 * par occasion
 * grandes occasions
 * sauter sur l'occasion
 * avoir l'occasion de