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 Definition of 'occasion':

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1. (noun) juncture, occasion
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"

2. (noun) affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
a vaguely specified social event
"the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

3. (noun) occasion
reason
"there was no occasion for complaint"

4. (noun) occasion
the time of a particular event
"on the occasion of his 60th birthday"

5. (noun) occasion
an opportunity to do something
"there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"

6. (verb) occasion
give occasion to



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