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occasion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasionem (accusative of occasio), noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: oc?ca?sion
Noun
occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.
- 1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd
- The time when something happens.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
- Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:
- (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]
- Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- after we have served ourselves and our own occasions
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- when my occasions took me into France
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A special event or function. [from 19th c.]
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Derived terms
- occasional
- on occasion
- rise to the occasion
Translations
Verb
occasion (third-person singular simple present occasions, present participle occasioning, simple past and past participle occasioned)
- (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce
- it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occ?si?nem (accusative of occ?si?). Compare the inherited Old French ochoison, achaison (the latter being influenced by Latin acc?s?ti?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.ka.zj??/
Noun
occasion f (plural occasions)
- occasion, opportunity
- cause
- bargain, good deal
- secondhand or used item
Derived terms
Further reading
- “occasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
occasion From the web:
- what occasion is it today
- what occasionally mean
- what occasion mean
- what occasion was the gettysburg address given
- what occasion is tomorrow
- what occasion was the gettysburg address
- what occasion is there for this poem recitation
- what occasionally always never
determine
English
Alternative forms
- determin (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determin?re (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termin?re (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??t??m?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??t?m?n/
Verb
determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined)
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 259]:
- These dramas may appear purely internal but they are perhaps economically determined … when people think they are being so subtly inventive or creative they merely reflect society's general need for economic growth.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 259]:
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- determine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- determine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- determine at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "determine" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 98.
Anagrams
- intermede, nemertide
Galician
Verb
determine
- first-person singular present subjunctive of determinar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of determinar
Ladin
Verb
determine
- first-person singular present indicative of determiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
- third-person plural present subjunctive of determiner
Portuguese
Verb
determine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of determinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of determinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of determinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of determinar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de?termine]
Verb
determine
- third-person singular present subjunctive of determina
- third-person plural present subjunctive of determina
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dete??mine/, [d?e.t?e??mi.ne]
Verb
determine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of determinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of determinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of determinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of determinar.
determine From the web:
- what determines blood type
- what determines the value of an item
- what determines the identity of an atom
- what determines the sex of a baby
- what determines the identity of an element
- what determines stock price
- what determines the function of a specialized cell
- what determines your blood type
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