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occasion n. [
juncture] 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"
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occasion n. [
affair, social occasion, function, social function] 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"
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occasion v. give occasion to
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occasion n. reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
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occasion n. the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
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