Dictionary entry details
• OCCASION (noun)
Meaning:
An event that occurs at a critical time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
juncture; occasion
Context examples:
at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave / it was needed only on special occasions
Hypernyms ("occasion" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occasion"):
climax; flood tide (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding)
reality check (an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world)
head; pass; straits (a difficult juncture)
milestone (a significant event in your life (or in a project))
landmark; turning point; watershed (an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend)
crisis (a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something)
conjuncture (a critical combination of events or circumstances)
Meaning:
A vaguely specified social event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
social occasion; social function; occasion; affair; function
Context examples:
the party was quite an affair / an occasion arranged to honor the president / a seemingly endless round of social functions
Hypernyms ("occasion" is a kind of...):
social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occasion"):
sleepover (an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children))
photo op; photo opportunity (an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed)
fundraiser (a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money)
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
celebration; jubilation (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)
party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)
Meaning:
Reason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Context example:
there was no occasion for complaint
Hypernyms ("occasion" is a kind of...):
ground; reason (a rational motive for a belief or action)
Meaning:
The time of a particular event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Hypernyms ("occasion" is a kind of...):
time (a suitable moment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occasion"):
meal (any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times)
Meaning:
An opportunity to do something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill
Hypernyms ("occasion" is a kind of...):
chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occasion"):
cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)
• OCCASION (verb)
Meaning:
Give occasion to
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "occasion" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "occasion"):
inspire (supply the inspiration for)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
