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Showing words for OCCASION using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Occasion

occasion

7 Letter Words for Occasion

cacoons, saccoon

6 Letter Words for Occasion

acinos, aconic, cacoon, casino, cocoas, cocona, concio, conias, conics, coosin, saccoi, siccan, sonica

5 Letter Words for Occasion

acoin, ascon, cains, canis, canos, canso, casco, ciaos, cions, cisco, cocao, cocas, cocin, cocoa, cocos, coins, conia, conic, coons, cosin, icaco, icons, incas, occas, oncia, oscan, oscin, scian, scion, scoon, sicca, sonic

4 Letter Words for Occasion

ains, aion, anis, ansi, asci, asin, asio, caci, caic, cain, canc, cans, caon, ciao, cion, cisc, coca, coco, coin, conc, coni, cons, coon, coos, icao, icon, inca, iocs, ions, naio, nais, naoi, naos, nasi, naso, ocas, onca, oons, saco, saic, sain, scan, sian, sicc, sina, sion, soca, soco, soon

3 Letter Words for Occasion

acc, ain, ais, anc, ans, cai, can, cia, cis, cns, con, coo, cos, csc, csi, iao, inc, ins, ion, ios, isn, iso, nas, nco, nis, noa, noo, nos, oas, oca, ois, ona, oni, ono, ons, oon, oos, osi, sac, sai, san, sao, sci, sic, sin, soc, son

Definitions for Occasion

[1] a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
[2] a special or important time, event, ceremony, celebration, etc.: His birthday will be quite an occasion.
[3] a convenient or favorable time, opportunity, or juncture: This slack period would be a good occasion to take inventory.
[4] the immediate or incidental cause or reason for some action or result: What is the occasion for this uproar?
[5] (in the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead) the coincidence of the eternal objects forming a specific point-event.
[6] occasions, Obsolete . needs or necessities. necessary business matters: to go about one's lawful occasions.
[7] to give occasion or cause for; bring about.
[8] on occasion , now and then; from time to time; occasionally: She visits New York on occasion.
[9] (sometimes foll by of) the time of a particular happening or event
[10] (sometimes foll by for) a reason or cause (to do or be something); grounds there was no occasion to complain
[11] an opportunity (to do something); chance
[12] a special event, time, or celebration the party was quite an occasion
[13] on occasion every so often
[14] rise to the occasion to have the courage, wit, etc, to meet the special demands of a situation
[15] take occasion to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
[16] (tr) to bring about, esp incidentally or by chance

Words related to Occasion

opening, incident, possibility, moment, time, opportunity, ground, purpose, circumstance, basis, affair, episode, experience, scene, thing, milestone, celebration, use, shot, occurrence

Words nearby Occasion

ocarina, occ., occam, occam's razor, occas., occasion, occasional, occasional licence, occasional table, occasionalism, occasionally

Origin of Occasion

1350–1400; Middle English occasioun < Old French occasion < Latin occāsiōn- (stem of occāsiō ), equivalent to oc- oc- + cās(us ) (past participle of cadere to fall, befall) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Occasion

pre·oc·ca·sioned , adjective

Word origin for Occasion

C14: from Latin occāsiō a falling down, from occidere, from ob- down + cadere to fall

Synonyms for Occasion

incident, moment, opening, opportunity, possibility, time, break, convenience, demand, excuse, instant, need, occurrence, season, shot, show, use