Dictionary definition · occasion
noun
- an event that occurs at a critical time"at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people"the party was quite an affair"
- a rational motive for a belief or action"the reason that war was declared"
- 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"
verb
- give occasion to
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).