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Learn to pronounce oc·ca·sion

/əˈkāZH(ə)n/
noun
  1. a particular time or instance of an event.
    "on one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning"
    synonyms: instance, time, moment, juncture, point, event, happening, occurrence, affair, incident, episode, experience, situation, case, circumstance
  2. reason; cause.
    "it's the first time that I've had occasion to complain"
    synonyms: reason, cause, call, grounds, justification, need, necessity, requirement, excuse, pretext, stimulus, inducement, provocation, motive

verb
cause (something).
"something vital must have occasioned this visit"
synonyms: cause, give rise to, bring about, result in, lead to, prompt, provoke, evoke, elicit, call forth, produce, create, arouse, make (for), generate, engender, originate, effect, bring on, induce, precipitate, stir up, inspire, spark off, trigger, breed, beget, effectuate

People also ask
a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened: We met on several occasions to discuss the issue.
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