occasion
US: /əˈkeɪʒən/
UK: /əkˈeɪʒən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
occasion /ə'keiʤn/- danh từ
- dịp, cơ hội
- to profit by the occasion: nắm lấy cơ hội, nhân dịp
- duyên cớ, lý do trực tiếp, lý do ngẫu nhiên
- you have no occasion to be angry: anh chẳng có duyên cớ gì để cáu giận cả
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) công việc, công chuyện
- to rise to the occasion
- tỏ ra có khả năng ứng đối với tình hình
- to take an occasion to do something
- nhân một cơ hội làm một việc gì
- to take occasion by the forelock
- (xem) forelock
- dịp, cơ hội
- ngoại động từ
- gây ra, sinh ra, là nguyên cớ
- xui, xui khiến
- to occasion someone to do something: xui ai làm việc gì
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C] a particular time when sth happens: on this / that occasion + I've met him on several occasions. + I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health. + They have been seen together on two separate occasions. + On one occasion, she called me in the middle of the night. + He used the occasion to announce further tax cuts.
2 [C] a special event, ceremony or celebration: a great / memorable / happy occasion + Turn every meal into a special occasion. + They marked the occasion (= celebrated it) with an open-air concert. + Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion. + He was presented with the watch on the occasion of his retirement.
3 [sing.] ~ (for sth / doing sth) a suitable time for sth: It should have been an occasion for rejoicing, but she could not feel any real joy. + I'll speak to him about it if the occasion arises (= if I get a chance). - POSSIBILITY
4 [U, sing.] ~ (to do sth)
~ (of / for sth) (formal) a reason or cause: I've had no occasion to visit him recently. + She doesn't have much occasion to speak French in her new job. + Her death was the occasion of mass riots. + I'm willing to go to court over this if the occasion arises (= if it becomes necessary).
Idioms: on occasion(s) sometimes but not often: He has been known on occasion to lose his temper. + On occasions Mr Parry was seen to wring his hands as he struggled with his emotions.
more at SENSE n.
+ verb (formal) to cause sth: [VN] The flight delay was occasioned by the need for a further security check. + The injury was believed to have occasioned his death. + [VNN] The decision occasioned us much anxiety.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 time, moment, circumstance, incident, occurrence, opportunity, chance, opening, advantage:
I took the occasion of the inquiry to leave town.
2 reason, cause, call, justification, ground(s), warrant, provocation, prompting, impulse, stimulus, incitement, inducement:
Tom gave David no occasion to doubt his honesty.
3 event, function, happening, affair, observance, commemoration, ceremony, celebration, gala, party,:
Grandpapa's ninetieth birthday was a great occasion. This hall is saved for important occasions
4 on occasion. See occasionally, below.
v.
5 give rise to, bring about, cause, bring on, effect, prompt, provoke, evoke, call forth, elicit, call up, induce, impel, create, generate, engender, produce, make (for):
An increase in the inflation rate occasions a decrease in the value of money.
Collocation
1 time when sth happens
ADJ.
many, numerous
It was the first of many such occasions.
| rare | previous | separate
VERB + OCCASION
recall, remember
PREP.
on an/the ~
The police were called out on 24 separate occasions.
| on ~(s)
He has even been known to go shopping himself on occasion.
PHRASES
a number of occasions
I have stayed there on a number of occasions.
| on one occasion
On one occasion he even rang me in the middle of the night.
| on that/this ~
On this occasion, as it happens, the engine started immediately.
2 suitable time
ADJ.
right, suitable
OCCASION + VERB
arise
I'll speak to him if the occasion arises.
PREP.
~ for
It should have been an occasion for rejoicing.
PHRASES
have occasion to do sth
Last year we had occasion to visit relatives in Cornwall.
3 special event
ADJ.
auspicious, big, great, important, memorable, momentous, special | festive, happy, joyous | formal, sad, solemn | social | ceremonial, state
The Queen's coach is only used for state occasions.
VERB + OCCASION
celebrate, mark
a party to mark the occasion of their daughter's graduation
| rise to
The choir rose to the occasion and sang beautifully.
PHRASES
for all occasions, for every occasion
We sell cards and notepaper for all occasions.
| a sense of occasion
On the day of the wedding there was a real sense of occasion.
Concise dictionary
occasions|occasioned|occasioningə'keɪʒnnoun
+an event that occurs at a critical time
+a vaguely specified social event
+reason
+the time of a particular event
+an opportunity to do something
verb
+give occasion to
