occasion

/əkˈeɪʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an event that occurs at a critical time
   “at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave”
2. a vaguely specified social event
   “the party was quite an affair”
3. reason
   “there was no occasion for complaint”
4. the time of a particular event
   “on the occasion of his 60th birthday”
5. an opportunity to do something
   “there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill”

verb

1. give occasion to

Synonyms for occasion

• juncture
• affair
• social occasion
• function
• social function

Words that rhyme with occasion

• evasion
• abrasion
• equation
• invasion
• persuasion
• suasion