Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to occasion
Participle: occasioned
Gerund: occasioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | occasion |
| you | occasion |
| he;she;it | occasions |
| we | occasion |
| you | occasion |
| they | occasion |
Perfect
| I | have occasioned |
| you | have occasioned |
| he;she;it | has occasioned |
| we | have occasioned |
| you | have occasioned |
| they | have occasioned |
Past
| I | occasioned |
| you | occasioned |
| he;she;it | occasioned |
| we | occasioned |
| you | occasioned |
| they | occasioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had occasioned |
| you | had occasioned |
| he;she;it | had occasioned |
| we | had occasioned |
| you | had occasioned |
| they | had occasioned |
Future
| I | will occasion |
| you | will occasion |
| he;she;it | will occasion |
| we | will occasion |
| you | will occasion |
| they | will occasion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have occasioned |
| you | will have occasioned |
| he;she;it | will have occasioned |
| we | will have occasioned |
| you | will have occasioned |
| they | will have occasioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | occasion |
| you | occasion |
| he;she;it | occasion |
| we | occasion |
| you | occasion |
| they | occasion |
Perfect
| I | have occasioned |
| you | have occasioned |
| he;she;it | have occasioned |
| we | have occasioned |
| you | have occasioned |
| they | have occasioned |
Imperfect
| I | occasioned |
| you | occasioned |
| he;she;it | occasioned |
| we | occasioned |
| you | occasioned |
| they | occasioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had occasioned |
| you | had occasioned |
| he;she;it | had occasioned |
| we | had occasioned |
| you | had occasioned |
| they | had occasioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would occasion |
| you | would occasion |
| he;she;it | would occasion |
| we | would occasion |
| you | would occasion |
| they | would occasion |
Perfect
| I | would have occasioned |
| you | would have occasioned |
| he;she;it | would have occasioned |
| we | would have occasioned |
| you | would have occasioned |
| they | would have occasioned |
Imperative
| you | occasion |
| we | Let's occasion |
| you | occasion |
Verbs conjugated like 'occasion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'occasion'
accession,
clarion,
decision,
occasionate,
oration,
scansion,
vacation,
accordion,
accustom,
action,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- cause
- prompting, call, ground, incident, necessity, inducement, antecedent, obligation
Antonyms
- cause
- effect, result, outcome, end
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from O.Fr.
occasion, from L.
occasionem (nom.
occasio) "opportunity, appropriate time," from
occasum, pp. of
occidere "fall down, go down," from
ob "down, away" +
cadere "to fall" (see case (1)). The notion is of a "falling together," or juncture, of circumstances. The verb is first attested 1530.
Occasional (1631) was originally "happening on some particular occasion;" sense of "happening as occasion presents itself, without regularity" is from 1630.
2. From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occāsiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occāsus, from verb occidō, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cadō (“fall”). See: Latin '
occāsiō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] near the door by which we sat, my attention was attracted to a remarkable appearance issuing from the windows of the gentleman 's car immediately in front of us, which I supposed for some time was occasioned by a number of industrious persons inside, ripping open feather-beds, and giving the feathers to the wind. At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and was sitting with two ladies and some gentlemen round a fire before dinner, one of the company fell short of the fireplace, six distinct times. I am disposed to think, however, that this was occasioned by his not aiming at that object; as there was a white marble hearth before the fender, which was more convenient, and may have suited his purpose better.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There is no doubt that the meal, at which the invitation was tendered to me which has occasioned this digression, was disposed of somewhat ravenously; and that the gentlemen thrust the broad-bladed knives and the two-pronged forks further down their throats than I ever saw the same weapons go [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)