Word Finder - occasion

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A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.

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

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The time when something happens.

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on this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.

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An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.

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I had no occasion to feel offended, however.

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Something which causes something else; a cause.

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An occurrence or incident.

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A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.

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

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Need; requirement, necessity.

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I have no occasion for firearms.

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A special event or function.

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

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A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

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To cause; to produce; to induce

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

He was excited to see her dressed up for the occasion.

Moulds have been isolated which occasion the formation of citric acid from glucose.

This is the kind of place people come for a special occasion.

He would often say the exact opposite of what he had said on a previous occasion, yet both would be right.

As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

On the 26th of June 1657 he was once more installed as Protector, this time, however, with regal ceremony in contrast with the simple formalities observed on the first occasion, the heralds proclaiming his accession in the same manner as that of the kings.

They rose to the occasion.

On one occasion when Colonel Napier was called from home on foreign service, these papers, together with a portrait of John Napier and a Bible with his autograph, were deposited for safety in a room of the house at Milliken, in Renfrewshire.

It was upon that occasion that Gambetta bestowed upon him the title of Le Grand Frangais.

Howie too, dressed for the occasion, even donning a tweed jacket complete with elbow patches.

And this is a special occasion.

A wooden theatre was erected for the occasion, capable of holding 80,000 spectators.

Mr Stuart did not finish his task on this occasion, on account of indisposition and other causes.

On one occasion Dundas carried a motion in the House of Commons, censuring Hastings and demanding his recall.

It was the first occasion the dream took place close to the present time; less than four years ago!

In that body he sat as quietly as he had done in the National Assembly, but on the occasion of the king's trial he had to speak, and then only to give his vote for the death of Louis.

The Whig party on this occasion unanimously followed Burke's lead.

The new Servian kingdom of the Nemanides, on the other hand, gave him much trouble and was the occasion of many bloody wars.

The taking of Zahaia in 1481 by the enemy gave occasion to reprisals.

On this occasion no hesitation appears to have been felt; 100 bishops were present, and the opening sermon was preached by the archbishop of York.

The occasion was the report of Major-General Edwards on the defences of Australia, and Sir Henry addressed the other premiers on the desirability of a federal union for purposes of defence.

It was on this occasion that he earned the nickname of "Ironsides," applied to him now by Prince Rupert, and afterwards to his soldiers, "from the impenetrable strength of his troops which could by no means be broken or divided."

Maggie is a great cook and if you love her food, she'll even cater to any occasion.

The occasion was the murder of two British customs officers.

This is not to say that if another Pearl Harbor or another 9/11 occurred, people in any country wouldn't rise to the occasion and make great sacrifices if needed.

The regimental commander ran forward on each such occasion, fearing to miss a single word of the commander-in-chief's regarding the regiment.

I deem it my duty to report to Your Majesty the condition of the various corps I have had occasion to observe during different stages of the last two or three days' march.

Check out some of these top-rated restaurants for a great meal for any occasion.

This restaurant is incredibly versatile for its purposes, so for any occasion, this could be the place to eat.

New menus are crafted daily based on what is freshest and most delicious for that day, making this restaurant the perfect special occasion spot.

While Fred was outside picking a boutonniere for the occasion, his now marginally wealthy flame of fame—locally at least— called a second time.

Oh yes, with all the emergency supplies they had gathered for this occasion.

Josh had saved her life on more than one occasion.

On a similar occasion the disease returned; with difficulty he reached Hamadan, where, finding the disease gaining ground, he refused to keep up the regimen imposed, and resigned himself to his fate.

Much general comment on Moses Mendelssohn appeared in the press of the world on occasion of the centenary of the birth of the composer Mendelssohn in 1909.

A physical occurrence is but the occasion (opportunity, occasional cause) on which God excites in me a corresponding mental state; the exercise of my will is the occasion on which God moves my body.

The rebels were captured and shot, but the significance of the attempt lies in the fact that it was the first occasion on which north Italians (the Bandieras were Venetians and officers in the Austrian navy) had tried to raise the standard of revolt in the south.

Depretis took occasion to deny, in a form scarcely courteous, the probability of the visit.

In Asia Minor, the "enslavement " and liberation of cities alternated with the circumstances of the hour, while the kings all through professed themselves the champions of Hellenic freedom, and were ready on occasion to display munificence toward the city temples or in public works, such as might reconcile republicans to a position of dependence.

At the coronation (19th May) he was made grand-chamberlain, a count of the empire, on which occasion he is said to have adopted the arms of the French ducal house of Biron, and was presented with an estate at Wenden with 50,000 crowns a year.

On the occasion of the peace of Nystad, which terminated the 21 years' war between Russia and Sweden, Bestuzhev designed and struck a commemorative medal with a panegyrical Latin inscription, which so delighted Peter (then at Derbent) that he sent a letter of thanks written with his own hand and his portrait set in brilliants.

In Rome, as at home, Gamaliel often had occasion to defend Judaism in polemical discussions with pagans, and also with professed Christians.

It was in Bela's reign that the emperor Frederick I., in the spring of 1189, traversed Hungary with ioo,000 crusaders, on which occasion the country was so well policed that no harm was done to it and the inhabitants profited largely from their commerce with the German host.

Down to the - Reformation conditions were unfavourable to such criticism; the prevailing dogmatic use of Scripture gave no occasion for inquiry into the human origins or into the real purport and character of the several books.

The occasion was an attack on a British police post at Oghi in the Agror Valley by all three tribes.

In 1580 the tsar chose Irene, the sister of Boris, to be the bride of the tsarevich Theodore, on which occasion Boris was promoted to the rank of boyar.

But with all these drawbacks he conquered and will retain a place in what is perhaps the highest, as it is certainly the smallest, class of statesmen - the class of those to whom their country has had recourse in a great disaster, who have shown in bringing her through that disaster the utmost constancy, courage, devotion and skill, and who have been rewarded by as much success as the occasion permitted.

Elizabeth and Burghley were inclined to try an alliance with the Scottish king, and the event justified their policy, which Walsingham did his best to frustrate, although deserted on this occasion by his chief regular supporter, Leicester.

On the next occasion (1005) Mahmud advanced, as far as Bhera on the Jhelum, when his adversary Anang-pal, son and successor of Jaipal, fled to Kashmir.

The reputation he had won at Saratoga was ruined on the occasion by over-confidence and incompetence.