occasion
verb/əˈkeɪʒn/
/əˈkeɪʒn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they occasion | /əˈkeɪʒn/ /əˈkeɪʒn/ |
| he / she / it occasions | /əˈkeɪʒnz/ /əˈkeɪʒnz/ |
| past simple occasioned | /əˈkeɪʒnd/ /əˈkeɪʒnd/ |
| past participle occasioned | /əˈkeɪʒnd/ /əˈkeɪʒnd/ |
| -ing form occasioning | /əˈkeɪʒnɪŋ/ /əˈkeɪʒnɪŋ/ |
- to cause something
- occasion something The flight delay was occasioned by the need for a further security check.
- The injury was believed to have occasioned his death.
- occasion somebody something The decision occasioned us much anxiety.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin occasio(n-) ‘juncture, reason’, from occidere ‘go down, set’, from ob- ‘towards’ + cadere ‘to fall’.
Check pronunciation:
occasion