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US
/əˈkeɪʒən/
]
[ UK /əkˈeɪʒən/ ]
[ UK /əkˈeɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
-
the time of a particular event
on the occasion of his 60th birthday -
an opportunity to do something
there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill -
an event that occurs at a critical time
at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
it was needed only on special occasions -
reason
there was no occasion for complaint -
a vaguely specified social event
a seemingly endless round of social functions
the party was quite an affair
an occasion arranged to honor the president
VERB
- give occasion to
How To Use occasion In A Sentence
- Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
- Your behaviour has occasioned us a great deal of anxiety.
- Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
- He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
- Plans include occasional stops at Central Terminal, which saw its last passenger train in 1979, and special excursions through the region to destinations such as Niagara Falls, Medina, Jamestown and even Cleveland. The Buffalo News: Home
- But if you want voluminous leaf production during summer, you may want to fertigate it occasionally. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
- I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.
- The landscape was colored mainly in dark ocher, with occasional areas in malachite green.
- And why do his eyes occasionally appear to glow red, like those of a replicant? Times, Sunday Times
- Finding a job should have been an occasion for rejoicing.
