different between occasion vs incline
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).
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incline
English
Alternative forms
- encline (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin incl?n? (“incline, tilt”), from in- + cl?n? (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley- (English lean).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?n
- (verb) enPR: ?nkl?n', IPA(key): /?n?kla?n/
- (noun) enPR: ?n'kl?n, IPA(key): /??n.kla?n/
Verb
incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)
- (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- (intransitive) To slope.
- (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
- The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].
Related terms
- inclination
Translations
Noun
incline (plural inclines)
- A slope.
- To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
Related terms
- climate
- cline
- decline
- recline
Translations
Further reading
- incline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incline in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incline at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -nicline
French
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present indicative of incliner
- third-person singular present indicative of incliner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
- second-person singular imperative of incliner
Galician
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
Italian
Adjective
incline (plural inclini)
- inclined, prone
- Synonyms: facile, propenso
Portuguese
Verb
incline
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
- third-person singular imperative of inclinar
Spanish
Verb
incline
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
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