MEANING
1. To cause or give rise to something.
2. An event, occurrence, or particular instance.
3. An opportunity, need, or reason for doing something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- occasion concern
- occasion a delay
On the page
The discrepancy occasioned concern among the readers.
Her arrival occasioned a delay the report never explained.
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Word forms
- Base
- occasion
- Past tense
- occasioned
- Past participle
- occasioned
- Present participle
- occasioning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- occasion
- Present continuous
- am/is/are occasioning
- Present perfect
- have/has occasioned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been occasioning
- Past
- occasioned
- Past continuous
- was/were occasioning
- Past perfect
- had occasioned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been occasioning
- Future
- will occasion
- Future continuous
- will be occasioning
- Future perfect
- will have occasioned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been occasioning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: occasion; occasions; occasioned; occasioned; occasioning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: occasions.
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