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  • Definition
    • 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

    • occasion :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

    • occasion :reason
      • there was no occasion for complaint

    • occasion :the time of a particular event
      • on the occasion of his 60th birthday

    • occasion :an opportunity to do something
      • there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill

    • occasion :give occasion to

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