1. occasion - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): juncture
Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event
2. occasion - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): affair, social_occasion, function, social_function
Hypernym(s): social_event
3. occasion - noun
· reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
4. occasion - noun
· the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
Hypernym(s): time
5. occasion - noun
· an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
Hypernym(s): opportunity, chance
6. occasion - verb
· give occasion to
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