Synonyms:
juncture, occasion
Meaning: 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:
affair, occasion, social_occasion, function, social_function
Meaning: 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:
occasion
Meaning: reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
occasion
Meaning: give occasion to
Usage examples
I had occasion to criticize
But on this occasion there was no failure.
It would certainly occasion reconstruction.
He said, 'There's no occasion for my writing.
like the fury of Squire Hardy on that occasion.
There was no great occasion now, and no wonderment.
Mrs. Weston was most comfortably pleased on the occasion.
On this occasion Captain Wragge made no attempt to follow him.
So youthful as he was, surely there was no occasion for haste.
"She'll never have occasion to test the genuineness of her tiara.