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Occasion   /əkˈeɪʒən/   Listen
Occasion

noun
1.
An event that occurs at a critical time.  Synonym: juncture.  "It was needed only on special occasions"
2.
A vaguely specified social event.  Synonyms: affair, function, social function, social occasion.  "An occasion arranged to honor the president" , "A seemingly endless round of social functions"
3.
Reason.
4.
The time of a particular event.
5.
An opportunity to do something.
verb
(past & past part. occasioned; pres. part. occasioning)
1.
Give occasion to.



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"Occasion" Quotes from Famous Books



... all right. To me the occasion's brilliant and the affluence great. I've had such talk with those ...
— The Awkward Age • Henry James
... except a few lines I wish to add which there will be no occasion to consult you about, as they will merely bear reference to a few tokens of remembrance and one or two slight funeral directions. And so pray God that you may be gray, and Forster bald, long before you are called upon to ...
— The Letters of Charles Dickens - Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856 • Charles Dickens
... little room to get ready for her expedition, and Alison also pinned on her hat and buttoned on her pilot-cloth jacket. Grannie put on her best clothes for this occasion. She came out equipped for her interview in her neat black shawl and little quilted bonnet. The excitement had brought a bright color to her cheeks and an added light to ...
— Good Luck • L. T. Meade
... sometimes to see who had arrived, and sometimes to look for the king, who was not yet in sight. Having glanced round, the owl retreated to his study, doubtless to prepare his speech for this important occasion. The heaving up of the leaves and earth, as if an underground plough was at work, showed that the mole had not forgotten his duty; he had come to show his loyalty, and he brought a message from the badger, who had long since been left outside the concert of the animals and birds, humbly begging ...
— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies
... found herself in the company of such a completely grown-up and such a very pretty girl. Nora could give herself little airs when occasion required. She could put on rather a killing grown-up sort of would-be society manner. She never dared adopt it when Guy and Harry were near, but she contrived to get Annie away by herself, and then indulged in what the other ...
— Red Rose and Tiger Lily - or, In a Wider World • L. T. Meade


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