Classes Abstract Relations Time Relative Time Occasion
Occasion
Nouns
timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room
event (eventuality) Eventuality
suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time
high time
opportuneness etc. adj.
tempestivity. crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture
crisis, turning point, given time. nick of time
golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening
clear stage, fair field
spare time etc. (leisure) Leisure .
Verbs
seize an opportunity etc. (take) Taking , use an opportunity etc. Use , give an opportunity etc. Giving , use an occasion
improve the occasion. suit the occasion etc. (be expedient) [Specific subservience.] Expedience
Adjectives
opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful, seasonable. providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical
suitable etc. Agreement
obiter dicta.
Adverbs
opportunely etc. adj.
in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time
for the nonce
in the nick of time, in the fullness of time
all in good time
just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never. by the way, by the by
parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally
while speaking of, while on the subject
extempore
on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion
on the spot etc. (early) Earliness .
Phrases
[Horace]
one's hour is come, the time is up
that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it