occasion
noun
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences.
will occasion
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future tenseof occasion.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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When apprehensions exist that the fever will occasion some complication or accident.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
There are many other causes which will occasion profits to be permanently high.
From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by David Ricardo
This will be severely felt in England, and will occasion more clamor against the Ministry, than all their naval losses since the war.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Jared Sparks
This, however, is a very primitive way of operating; and it is best done with a knife, first reflecting back sufficient skin to cover the wound which the removal will occasion.
From The Dog by Dinks
These last words are very remarkable, “the wickedness of the city will occasion its destruction.”
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
