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Meanings of occasion in English

Portuguese
acontecimento
Catalan
succés
Spanish
acto

A vaguely specified social event.

acontecimento

An event that occurs at a critical time.

Usage of occasion in English
1
The balance wheel turns; the tides change; the sands of occasion shift.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
2
On neither occasion had the intent been to promote my good health.
Cross Bones
3
Police also raided the house looking for the baby on another occasion.
Radio NZ
4
Antony, on this occasion, was a most wonderful example to his soldiers.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
5
Ms Tibble said students from overseas were returning home for the occasion.
Radio NZ
6
Lifted by the occasion, obviously, he gave Murray a very good fight.
The Guardian
7
On one occasion last year, a victim had to travel to Waterford.
The Irish Times
8
Women's Minister Paula Bennett used the occasion to praise her Government's record.
Radio NZ
9
Lincoln said; The occasion is too serious, the issues are too grave.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections)
10
On this occasion, however, Kushner found himself doubly in need of luck.
The new yorker
11
Measure 1 cup of stock; freeze the remaining stock for another occasion.
Ebony
12
No funeral, social occasion, party function or public ceremony saw him absent.
The Irish Times
13
It was almost certainly the first-named which was responsible on this occasion.
The Irish Times
14
However, I had similar issues with the Harry Potter books upon occasion!
Wired
15
On that occasion, some of Garces' calls also came under heavy criticism.
The South African
16
The position and the occasion were the height of the moral sublime.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
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