"occasion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈkeɪʒən/ Audio: en-us-occasion.ogg [General-American] Forms: occasions [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʒən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{bor|en|frm|occasion}} Middle French occasion, {{der|en|fro|occasiun}} Old French occasiun, {{der|en|la|occasiō|occasiōnem}} Latin occasiōnem, {{m|la|occasus}} occasus, {{m|la|occido}} occido, {{m|la|ob-||down", "away}} ob- (“down", "away”), {{m|la|cado||fall}} cado (“fall”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)
  1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (favorable opportunity): καιρός (kairós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧فُرْصَة⁩ (furṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧مُنَاسَبَة⁩ (munāsaba) [feminine] (Arabic), abagune (Basque), aukera (Basque), вы́падак (výpadak) [masculine] (Belarusian), মওকা (moōka) (Bengali), възмо́жност (vǎzmóžnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), удо́бен слу́чай (udóben slúčaj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ocasió [feminine] (Catalan), 場合 (Chinese Mandarin), 场合 (chǎnghé) (Chinese Mandarin), 機會 (Chinese Mandarin), 机会 (jīhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), příležitost [feminine] (Czech), lejlighed [common-gender] (Danish), gelegenheid [feminine] (Dutch), tilaisuus (Finnish), mahdollisuus (Finnish), occasion [feminine] (French), ocasión [feminine] (Galician), oportunidade [feminine] (Galician), Gelegenheit [feminine] (German), 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw) [neuter] (Gothic), alkalom (Hungarian), occasione [feminine] (Italian), 場合 (baai) (alt: ばあい) (Japanese), 機会 (kikai) (alt: きかい) (Japanese), ឱកាស (ʼaokaah) (Khmer), 기회 (gihoe) (alt: 機會) (Korean), 경우 (gyeong'u) (alt: 境遇) (Korean), случај (slučaj) [masculine] (Macedonian), ⁧مناسبت⁩ (monâsebat) (Persian), Rekjs [feminine] (Plautdietsch), wypadek [masculine] (Polish), okazja [feminine] (Polish), ocasião [feminine] (Portuguese), ocazie [feminine] (Romanian), situație favorabilă [feminine] (Romanian), слу́чай (slúčaj) [masculine] (Russian), слу̏ча̄ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), slȕčāj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), අවස්ථාව (awasthāwa) (Sinhalese), príležitosť [feminine] (Slovak), priložnost [feminine] (Slovene), ocasión [feminine] (Spanish), tillfälle [common-gender] (Swedish), ви́падок (výpadok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ocåzion [feminine] (Walloon), tchance [feminine] (Walloon), achlysur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-XGCp7z8B Disambiguation of 'favorable opportunity': 87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2
  2. The time when something happens. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (time when something happens): 時機 (Chinese Mandarin), 时机 (shíjī) (Chinese Mandarin), příležitost [feminine] (Czech), tilaisuus (Finnish), ocasión [feminine] (Galician), 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (þeihs) [neuter] (Gothic), takunetanga (Maori), Rekjs [feminine] (Plautdietsch), по́вод (póvod) (english: excuse) [masculine, reason] (Russian), слу́чай (slúčaj) [masculine] (Russian), príležitosť [feminine] (Slovak), lyakur (Tocharian B), preke (Tocharian B), achlysur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-f1AAbW6n Disambiguation of 'time when something happens': 1 74 1 2 0 19 1 1 1
  3. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason): слу́чка (slúčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), съби́тие (sǎbítie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), anledning [common-gender] (Danish), aanleiding [feminine] (Dutch), syy (Finnish), aihe (Finnish), Gelegenheit [feminine] (German), accuis [feminine] (Old Irish), powód [masculine] (Polish), собы́тие (sobýtije) (english: event) [neuter] (Russian), по́вод (póvod) (english: excuse) [masculine, reason] (Russian), dôvod [masculine] (Slovak), tillfällighet (Swedish), skäl (Swedish), achlysur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-wXKN~Kmw Disambiguation of 'occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason': 1 2 31 7 22 7 4 3 23
  4. Something which causes something else; a cause. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something which causes something else): syy (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-3QDH0ios Disambiguation of 'something which causes something else': 0 1 9 82 0 1 2 1 3
  5. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-ZYKfdIyS
  6. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (particular happening): ⁧مُنَاسَبَة⁩ (munāsaba) [feminine] (Arabic), слу́чка (slúčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), begivenhed [common-gender] (Danish), anledning [common-gender] (Danish), gebeurtenis [feminine] (Dutch), voorval [neuter] (Dutch), tapaus (english: event) (Finnish), syy [reason] [cause] (Finnish), kerta [time] (Finnish), tapaus (Finnish), Anlass [masculine] (German), ricorrenza [feminine] (Italian), ocasião (Portuguese), întâmplare [feminine] (Romanian), hazard [neuter] (Romanian), возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) (english: chance) [feminine] (Russian), собы́тие (sobýtije) (english: event) [neuter] (Russian), по́вод (póvod) (english: excuse) [masculine] (Russian), раз (raz) [masculine] [time] (Russian), слу́чай (slúčaj) (english: case, occurrence) [masculine] (Russian), moment [masculine] (Slovak), príležitosť [feminine] (Slovak), situácia [feminine] (Slovak), prípad [masculine] (Slovak), händelse (Swedish), tillfälle [neuter] (Swedish), okasyon (Tagalog), при́від (prývid) (Ukrainian), etrevén [masculine] (Walloon), achlysur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-oU6u8JoL Disambiguation of 'particular happening': 1 4 7 3 6 70 4 1 3
  7. Need; requirement, necessity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (need): необходи́мост (neobhodímost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), potřeba [feminine] (Czech), grund [common-gender] (Danish), behov [neuter] (Danish), noodzaak [feminine] (Dutch), behoefte [feminine] (Dutch), tarve (Finnish), необходи́мость (neobxodímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), behov (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-veIcrRTG Disambiguation of 'need': 0 2 2 3 0 2 88 1 2
  8. A special event or function. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (special event or function): gebeurtenis [feminine] (Dutch), tapahtuma (Finnish), tapaus (Finnish), tilaisuus (Finnish), avvenimento [masculine] (Italian), okazja [feminine] (Polish), udalosť [feminine] (Slovak), príležitosť [feminine] (Slovak), okasyon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-OrcaLx2X Disambiguation of 'special event or function': 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 90 1
  9. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion): tarkoitus (Finnish), tarkoitusperä (Finnish), motivo [masculine] (Italian), okasyon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-noun-0zsL8phX Disambiguation of 'reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion': 1 0 9 4 1 1 1 0 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: improve the occasion, occasional, on occasion, rise to the occasion, take occasion

Verb

IPA: /əˈkeɪʒən/ Audio: en-us-occasion.ogg [General-American] Forms: occasions [present, singular, third-person], occasioning [participle, present], occasioned [participle, past], occasioned [past]
Rhymes: -eɪʒən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{bor|en|frm|occasion}} Middle French occasion, {{der|en|fro|occasiun}} Old French occasiun, {{der|en|la|occasiō|occasiōnem}} Latin occasiōnem, {{m|la|occasus}} occasus, {{m|la|occido}} occido, {{m|la|ob-||down", "away}} ob- (“down", "away”), {{m|la|cado||fall}} cado (“fall”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)
  1. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce Tags: transitive Translations (give occasion to): zapříčinit (Czech), foranledige (Danish), forårsage (Danish), veroorzaken (Dutch), aiheuttaa (Finnish), saada aikaan (Finnish), ocasionar (Galician), occasionare (Italian), forårsake (Norwegian Bokmål), avstedkomme (Norwegian Bokmål), adhbharaich (Scottish Gaelic), ocasionar (Spanish), förorsaka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-occasion-en-verb-8kDWG3Av

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          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
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          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
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          "word": "𐌻𐌴𐍅"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
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          "word": "καιρός"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "alkalom"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "tags": [
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          "alt": "ばあい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "baai",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "場合"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "alt": "きかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kikai",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "機会"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaokaah",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "ឱកាស"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "機會",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gihoe",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "기회"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "alt": "境遇",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeong'u",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "경우"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slučaj",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
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          "word": "случај"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "monâsebat",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "word": "⁧مناسبت⁩"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rekjs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wypadek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "okazja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ocasião"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "favorable opportunity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ocazie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "ref": "1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 130",
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        },
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          "ref": "April 9, 2013, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times",
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          "sense": "particular happening",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "particular happening",
          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 7 3 6 70 4 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "particular happening",
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          "sense": "particular happening",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "particular happening",
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          "_dis1": "0 2 2 3 0 2 88 1 2",
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          "_dis1": "0 2 2 3 0 2 88 1 2",
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          "sense": "need",
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        "(obsolete) An occurrence or incident."
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        {
          "text": "a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "April 9, 2013, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "furṣa",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧فُرْصَة⁩"
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      "roman": "munāsaba",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "⁧مُنَاسَبَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "abagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "aukera"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výpadak",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́падак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moōka",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "মওকা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzmóžnost",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "възмо́жност"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udóben slúčaj",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "удо́бен слу́чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ocasió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "場合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǎnghé",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "场合"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "機會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīhuì",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "机会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "příležitost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lejlighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gelegenheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "tilaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "mahdollisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "occasion"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oportunidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "lēw",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌻𐌴𐍅"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kairós",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καιρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "alkalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "occasione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばあい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baai",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "場合"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kikai",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "機会"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaokaah",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "ឱកាស"
    },
    {
      "alt": "機會",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gihoe",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "기회"
    },
    {
      "alt": "境遇",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeong'u",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "경우"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slučaj",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "случај"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "monâsebat",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "⁧مناسبت⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rekjs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wypadek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocasião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocazie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "situație favorabilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúčaj",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу̏ча̄ј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slȕčāj"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "awasthāwa",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "word": "අවස්ථාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príležitosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "priložnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillfälle"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výpadok",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́падок"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocåzion"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tchance"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "favorable opportunity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achlysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "時機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíjī",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "时机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "příležitost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "tilaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þeihs",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "takunetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rekjs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "excuse",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvod",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reason"
      ],
      "word": "по́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúčaj",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príležitosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "lyakur"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "word": "preke"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "time when something happens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achlysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slúčka",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbítie",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съби́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aanleiding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "word": "aihe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "powód"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "event",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobýtije",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "собы́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "excuse",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvod",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reason"
      ],
      "word": "по́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dôvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "word": "tillfällighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "word": "skäl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achlysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something which causes something else",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munāsaba",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مُنَاسَبَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slúčka",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "begivenhed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gebeurtenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "event",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "tapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "reason"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cause"
      ],
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "topics": [
        "time"
      ],
      "word": "kerta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "tapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anlass"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ricorrenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "ocasião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "întâmplare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hazard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "chance",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmóžnostʹ",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "возмо́жность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "event",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobýtije",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "собы́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "excuse",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvod",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raz",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "time"
      ],
      "word": "раз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "case, occurrence",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúčaj",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príležitosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "situácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prípad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "händelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tillfälle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "okasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prývid",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "word": "при́від"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etrevén"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "particular happening",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achlysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobhodímost",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "необходи́мост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potřeba"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "behov"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noodzaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "behoefte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "tarve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobxodímostʹ",
      "sense": "need",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "необходи́мость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "behov"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gebeurtenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "word": "tapahtuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "word": "tapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "word": "tilaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avvenimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "udalosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príležitosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "special event or function",
      "word": "okasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion",
      "word": "tarkoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion",
      "word": "tarkoitusperä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion",
      "word": "okasyon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occasion"
}

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    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of Telugu translations"
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    },
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        {
          "text": "it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386",
          "text": "[…] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 July, “New Pennine Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 432",
          "text": "The new tunnel has been associated with, but not actually occasioned by, the electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath lines of the former L.N.E.R., initiated before the war.",
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      ],
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          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈkeɪʒən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʒən"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-occasion.ogg/En-us-occasion.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-occasion.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "zapříčinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "foranledige"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "forårsage"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "veroorzaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "aiheuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "saada aikaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "ocasionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "occasionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "forårsake"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "avstedkomme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "adhbharaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "ocasionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "give occasion to",
      "word": "förorsaka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occasion"
}

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