A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Abraham Lincoln
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Thomas Jefferson
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. Benjamin Franklin
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! Henry David Thoreau
occasion in Afrikaans is voorval, insident, maal, gebeurtenis, keer
occasion in Danish is gang, tildragelse
occasion in Dutch is keer, maal
occasion in Finnish is kerta
occasion in French is fois, occasion, lieu
occasion in Italian is occorrenza
occasion in Latin is infero, indo (past indidi)
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