occasion

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
2. The time when something happens.
3. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
4. Something which causes something else; a cause.
5. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
6. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
7. Need; requirement, necessity.
8. A special event or function.
9. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Verb

To cause; to produce; to induce

Guionizado como

oc‧ca‧sion

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈkeɪʒən/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”).

Oracións

It was the official painting of the occasion and , hence , resides at Buckingham Palace .