Synonym: affair, function, juncture, social function, social occasion. Similar words: on occasion, occasional, occasionally, evasion, invasion, abrasion, pervasion, casino. Meaning: [ə'keɪʒn] 
n. 1. an event that occurs at a critical time 2. a vaguely specified social event 3. reason 4. the time of a particular event 5. an opportunity to do something. v. give occasion to.
n. 1. an event that occurs at a critical time 2. a vaguely specified social event 3. reason 4. the time of a particular event 5. an opportunity to do something. v. give occasion to. 
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121 Judith couldn't really enter into the spirit of the occasion.
122 Of course, as a teacher I had authority, but rarely did I have occasion to use it.
123 He has been known on occasion to lose his temper.
124 On the day of the wedding there was a real sense of occasion.
125 On one occasion, our daughter spat up all over him.
126 Untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.
127 An oak tree was planted in honour of the occasion .
128 He used the occasion to express all his old grievances against the chairman.
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129 Some of the players may, on occasion, break the rules and be penalized.
130 The occasion was graced by the presence of Lord and Lady Thomson.
131 The Royal Mail issued a special set of stamps to mark the occasion.
132 The younger players were overawed by the occasion and played badly.
133 The dignity of the occasion was lost when he cut in with an unrefined joke.
134 On this occasion we were sitting in a park in Madrid.
135 There are those who eat out for a special occasion, or treat themselves.
136 All the old crowd have come out for this occasion.
137 It should have been an occasion for rejoicing, but she could not feel any real joy.
138 I would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who's helped to make our wedding such a special occasion!
139 The good weather helped to make the occasion a resounding success.
140 He has even been known to go shopping himself on occasion.
141 It is an occasion for all the family to celebrate.
142 He translated not only from the French but also, on occasion, from the Polish.
143 It was the first occasion when they had both found it possible to keep a rendezvous.
144 Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.
145 We have had occasion to deal with members of the group on a variety of charges.
146 His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.
147 She doesn't have much occasion to speak French in her new job.
148 The coronation of a new king is, of course, a historic occasion.
149 I'm saving this bottle of champagne for a special occasion .
150 Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the occasion.
More similar words: on occasion, occasional, occasionally, evasion, invasion, abrasion, pervasion, casino, cast aside, occupation, occupational, preoccupation, fusion, vision, mission, pension, erosion, cession, version, passion, tension, allusion, session, mansion, aversion, division, avulsion, revision, emission, delusion.