- Types Of Speech
- You can use occasion as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Occasion
- A 3 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, c, i, n, o, and s, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters as. Occasion starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, oc, occ, occa, occas, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, sion, asion, . Occasion is also a double consonant (cc) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- An event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Occasion is set as a sat word that starts with o, ends with n, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Occasion in Pig Latin is said as "occasionay or occasionway".
- Unigram
- o | c | c | a | s | i | o | n
- Bigram
- oc | cc | ca | as | si | io | on
- Trigram
- occ | cca | cas | asi | sio | ion
- Quadrigram
- occa | ccas | casi | asio | sion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an event that occurs at a critical time;
"at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave";
"it was needed only on special occasions" - a vaguely specified social event;
"the party was quite an affair";
"an occasion arranged to honor the president";
"a seemingly endless round of social functions" - reason;
"there was no occasion for complaint" - an opportunity to do something;
"there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" - the time of a particular event;
"on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
- Verb Examples
- give occasion to
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| Advantage | benefit resulting from some event or action "it turned out to my advantage" "reaping the rewards of generosity" |
| Adventure | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
| Aetiology | the philosophical study of causation |
| Affair | a vaguely specified concern "several matters to attend to" "it is none of your affair" "things are going well" |
| Aggravation | action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" |
| Ankle | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus |
| Ankle Joint | |
| Antecedent | the referent of an anaphor a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
| Antecedents |
View all cognitive synonyms for Occasion
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Occasion | an event that occurs at a critical time "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave" "it was needed only on special occasions" |
View English words with the unique letters used in occasion. Words With The Letters Acinos
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Happening | an event that happens |
| Natural Event | |
| Occurrence | an event that happens |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Climax | |
| Conjuncture | a critical combination of events or circumstances |
| Crisis | a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" |
| Flood Tide | |
| Head | oral-genital stimulation; |
| Landmark | an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken |
| Milestone | stone post at side of a road to show distances |
| Straits | a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| Turning Point | |
| Watershed | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations" |
Occasion Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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