I. noun
1.
Synonyms: opportunity , break, chance, look-in, opening, shot, show, squeak, time
2.
Synonyms: cause 1, antecedent, determinant, reason
3.
something that provides a reason for something else
there is no occasion for alarm
Synonyms: call, cause, necessity, obligation
Related Word: basis, foundation, ground, warrant; justification, right; excuse
4.
Synonyms: occurrence , circumstance, episode, event, go, happening, incident, thing
5.
a particular point of time at which something takes place
we always spoke, but on that occasion we didn't
Synonyms: instant, moment, time, while
Idioms: point in time
6.
Synonyms: need 3, demand, use
7.
occasions plural
Synonyms: business 8, affair, concern, lookout, palaver
8.
Synonyms: event 2, milepost, milestone
II. verb
Synonyms: generate 3, breed, cause, engender, hatch, induce, muster (up), produce, provoke, work up