Occasion meaning

What does “occasion” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“occasion” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an event that occurs at a critical time.

occasion

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”
Synonymsjuncture
a vaguely specified social event
“the party was quite an affair”
“an occasion arranged to honor the president”
Synonymsaffair social occasion function social function
reason
“there was no occasion for complaint”
the time of a particular event
“on the occasion of his 60th birthday”
an opportunity to do something
“there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University