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Word: Occasion
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin occasio(n-) ‘juncture, reason’, from occidere ‘go down, set’, from ob- ‘towards’ + cadere ‘to fall’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkeɪʒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cause (something)
Short Definition:cause something
Examples:- something vital must have occasioned this visit
- his death occasioned her much grief
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