occasion
noun
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences.
occasioned
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past participleof occasion.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof occasion.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
occasionnouna particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences.
Example Sentences
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"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
And Carthage’s defeat in the Third Punic War in 146 B.C. occasioned 600 years of Roman supremacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Dr Perumbalath resigned, saying at the time it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
I lingered some minutes, being unaccustomed to retiring from a chamber without permission or direction; but our hostess having disappeared, I passed above-stairs to see what strife had occasioned such an outburst.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
