[
  {
    "word": "occasion",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8ke\u026a\u0292\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8ke\u026a\u0292\u0259n/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/occasion-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1235994",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The time when something happens.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "on this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had no occasion to feel offended, however."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something which causes something else; a cause.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An occurrence or incident.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Need; requirement, necessity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have no occasion for firearms."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A special event or function.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To cause; to produce; to induce",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occasion"
    ]
  }
]