A feeling of ceremony, fanfare, or pomp and circumstance (about a certain event or situation). She laid out the nice table cloth and dinner settings, lit candles, and had classical music playing to give the dinner a real sense of occasion. A feeling of ceremony, fanfare, or pomp and circumstance (about a certain event or situation). She laid out the nice table cloth and dinner settings, lit candles, and had classical music playing to give the dinner a real sense of occasion. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English on the occasion of something on the occasion of something formal HAPPEN at the time of an important event on the occasion of his second wedding → rise to the occasion → occasion Examples from the Corpus on the occasion of something. In May 1985, on the occasion of the centenary, hundreds of. 46 synonyms of occasion from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 90 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for occasion. Occasion: a particular point at which an event takes place. Synonyms: moment, time, break Antonyms: aftereffect, aftermath, consequence Find the right word. Find a great selection of plus size evening wear & special occasion wear in our special occasion collection at Talbots! Discover occasion wear & separates to help make your next night out memorable.

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• IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪʒən/

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1. (countable) An occasion is a particular time.

   Often she had to rush home on occasions when she might have preferred to stay out.

   He met her on several occasions while a student in Germany.

2. (countable) An occasion is a good time to do something.

   The visit to Ottawa was a good occasion for us to get together.

3. (countable) An occasion is a special time or event.

   Nov 12 is a happy occasion. It is my 25th wedding anniversary.

   a good opportunity or chance

Occasion Of A Speech

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Occasion Of Sin

Occasion Of

1. (transitive) If ${\displaystyle x}$ occasions ${\displaystyle y}$, ${\displaystyle x}$ causes ${\displaystyle y}$.

   Now we come to the problems that have occasioned this meeting.

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