occasions Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun something you have to do
   
   • he minded his own specialized occasions
2. noun an event that occurs at a critical time
   juncture; occasion.
   
   • at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
   • it was needed only on special occasions
3. noun a vaguely specified social event
   function; affair; social occasion; social function; occasion.
   
   • the party was quite an affair
   • an occasion arranged to honor the president
   • a seemingly endless round of social functions
4. noun reason
   occasion.
   
   • there was no occasion for complaint
5. noun the time of a particular event
   occasion.
   
   • on the occasion of his 60th birthday
6. noun an opportunity to do something
   occasion.
   
   • there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill
7. verb give occasion to
   occasion.
   

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