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occasion

/əˈkeɪʒ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/əˈkeɪʒ(ə)n/
əˈkeɪʒən
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -sion sound

ə - ˈkeɪʒən -> occasion

Myanmar meaning

(n) အခါသမယ။ သင့်လျော် မှန်ကန်သည့် အချိန်။ (v) အကြောင်းရင်း ဖြစ်သည်။

Full entry

occasion /ǝ'keÇʒn/ n

၁။ [C] အခါ။ အခိုက်။ သမယ။ ကာလ။ on this/that occasion ❍ on rare occasions ❍ on the occasion of her daughter's wedding ❍ I've met him on several occasions. ❍ On one occasion (ie Once) he rang me in the middle of the night. ❍ I bought this dress specially for the occasion.
၂။ [sing] ~ (for sth) (သင့်မြတ်သော) အချိန်၊ အခါ၊ အခွင့်။ A funeral is hardly an occasion for practical jokes. ❍ I'll wear it if the occasion arises (ie if I get the opportunity).
၃။ [C] ဖြစ်စဉ်။ ဖြစ်ရပ်။ အခမ်းအနား။ ပွဲ။ a great/historic/social occasion ❍ The wedding was a memorable occasion.
၄။ [U] (fml ) အကြောင်း။ အကြောင်းတရား။ I've had no occasion to visit him recently. ❍ She never has much occasion to speak French in her new job.
v (fml ) ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေသည်။ ပေါ်ပေါက်ရသည်။ The incident occasioned a great deal of comment. ❍ The delay was occasioned by the need to consult senior management. ❍ The decision occasioned us much anxiety.
❏ on occasion(s) [IDM ] အခါအားလျော်စွာ။ ရံဖန်ရံခါ။

More examples
  • [on one occasion] : On one occasion we had to walk all the way home.
  • [on this occasion] : I’ll let you off on this occasion.
  • [on an earlier occasion] : We tested a similar product on an earlier occasion.
  • [on occasion] : He continues to work with us on occasion.
  • [occasion for] : Her promotion was an occasion for great celebration.
  • [not the occasion for something] : This is not the occasion for such a detailed analysis.
  • [occasion for doing something] : Victory provided him with the occasion for declaring himself king.
  • [occasion for someone to do something] : This will be an occasion for us all to make a new start.
  • The first opening of a Scottish parliament for 300 years was a historic occasion.
  • [special occasion] : The dress is perfect for a special occasion.
  • [mark an occasion] : We should mark the occasion in some way.
  • [on the occasion of something] : There was a celebration on the occasion of the school’s anniversary.
  • [have occasion to do something] : I’ve had no occasion to complain about their service.
  • [be the occasion of something] : His mistake was the occasion of much amusement.
Synonyms
time, juncture, instance, event, incident, occurrence, circumstance, affair, antecedent, basis, break, breed, bring about, call, case, cause, celebration, chance, contingency, convenience, create, demand, determinant, do, effect, elicit, engender, episode, evoke, excuse, experience, explanation, foundation, generate, give rise to, go, goings-on, ground, grounds, happening, hatch, induce, inducement, influence, inspire, instant, justification, lead to, make happen, milepost, milestone, moment, motivate, motivation, motive, move, muster, necessity, need, obligation, opening, opportunity, originate, persuade, point, position, possibility, produce, prompt, prompting, provocation, provoke, purpose, rationale, reason, right, scene, season, shot, show, spot, stage, thing, use, warrant, while, work up
Antonyms
destroy, discourage, discouragement, dissuade, end, fail, finish, halt, hinder, hindrance, misfortune, neglect, prevent, prevention, repress, result, ruin, stop, suppress
Cross references
timejunctureinstanceeventincidentoccurrencecircumstanceaffairantecedentbasisbreakbreedbring aboutcallcasecausecelebrationchancecontingencyconveniencecreatedemanddeterminantdoeffectelicitengenderepisode
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