occasion meaning and definition

OCCASION noun

Definition of occasion (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: juncture
2. 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"
   • synonyms: affair, function, social function, social occasion
3. reason
   • "there was no occasion for complaint"
4. the time of a particular event
   • "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
5. an opportunity to do something
   • "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"

OCCASION verb

Definition of occasion (verb)

1. give occasion to