Idea and Occasion

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Occasion and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occasion" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Occasion noun - A particular point at which an event takes place.

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Idea and occasion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Occasion".

Nearby Words: occasional, occasionally, occasioned, occasioning, occasionalism

better	better idea	better occasion
similar	similar idea	similar occasion
single	single idea	single occasion
real	real idea	real occasion
Other adjectives: great, little, crazy, possible, odd, strange, different.

In the 1949 Milton Berle film Always Leave Them Laughing, a guy buys a watch for his wife, and she has no idea what the occasion is.

Source: Forgotten Anniversary
Wakko Warner of Animaniacs fame is known to eat anything, at one occasion even eating the lightbulb that appeared when Yakko got an idea.

Source: Extreme Omnivore / Western Animation
It's been inverted on occasion, though, either to show that a Looper has no idea what they're facing or that things are just that serious.

Source: The Worf Effect

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