Antonyms for occasions
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-key-zhuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkeɪ ʒən |
Definition of occasions
Origin :- late 14c., "opportunity; grounds for action, state of affairs that makes something else possible; a happening, occurrence," from Old French ochaison, ocasion "cause, reason, excuse, pretext; opportunity" (13c.) or directly from Latin occasionem (nominative occasio) "opportunity, appropriate time," in Late Latin "cause," from occasum, occasus, past participle of occidere "fall down, go down," from ob "down, away" (see ob-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). The notion is of a "falling together," or juncture, of circumstances.
- noun chance
- noun reason, cause
- noun event, happening
- verb make happen, bring about
- On these occasions he always determined to clear out the bag.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Sidney's half-days at home were occasions for agonies of jealousy on Carlotta's part.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Linda could jest on occasions, but by nature she was a serious person.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- I have had the same thing happen on other occasions, when on short allowance of food.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Betty, it must be owned, has an admirable memory on these occasions.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The way in which you are resolved and determined to disgrace us on all occasions, is really infamous.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Which, in principle, I—ha—for all are—hum—equal on these occasions—I consider right.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He comes into my Wigwam on all manner of occasions, and with the absurdest ‘Medicine.’
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- On these occasions President Wilder has made appropriate addresses.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- On two occasions recently he had shuddered at the possibility of a catastrophe.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for occasions
- affair
- antecedent
- basis
- break
- breed
- call
- cause
- celebration
- circumstance
- convenience
- create
- demand
- determinant
- do
- effect
- elicit
- engender
- episode
- evoke
- excuse
- experience
- foundation
- generate
- give rise to
- go
- goings-on
- ground
- grounds
- happening
- hatch
- incident
- induce
- inducement
- influence
- inspire
- instant
- justification
- lead to
- milepost
- milestone
- moment
- motivation
- motive
- move
- muster
- necessity
- need
- obligation
- occurrence
- opening
- opportunity
- originate
- persuade
- possibility
- produce
- prompt
- prompting
- provocation
- provoke
- purpose
- right
- scene
- season
- shot
- show
- thing
- time
- use
- warrant
- while
- work up
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019