to occasion

Examples

• All

• In successful groups, task evolution occasioned the emergence of other expert leaders.

  Academic text (1990)

• After the funeral rites, the euphoria occasioned by the monument gradually waned.

  Fiction book (1998)

• And for most people, right, they think they rise to the occasion when it hit, I'm going to be ready.

• And at this moment she is called upon and she rises to the occasion to figure out what the pattern will mean.

• When bad things are happening, they rise to the occasion and, and show people that, you know, don't give up.

• The surge of hope and energy occasioned by Aristide's election was short-lived.

  Academic text (1996)

• Finally, sequences of pretend play might be essential for occasioning social interactions with peers and embedding instructional opportunities.

  Academic text (2015)

• Vickie's commitment to reducing automobile traffic in residential areas occasioned the grandest rhetorical flights I'd ever heard from her.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The accident occasioned a thorough investigation by the authorities.

• Heavy rainfall can occasion flooding in many low-lying areas.

Antonyms

A

to avoid

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

P

to prevent

∞ 2.3

Stop something from happening or someone from doing it

Idioms

O

on occasion

79 1.7

It happens sometimes but not very often

Phrasal Verbs

M

to mark the occasion

6 3.3

To do something special to celebrate an important event

T

to take occasion

• Formal

7.4

Use an opportunity to do something at a suitable time

Compounds

S

social occasion

3 2.8

An event where people meet to celebrate or spend time together

C

ceremonial occasion

• Formal

1 4.9

A formal gathering with planned rituals to mark an important event

How Strong

to trigger

422 4.2

to cause

∞ 1.0

to occasion

10 6.3

to lead to

∞ 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology