Occasion - Definition
occasion
n 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" [syn: juncture, occasion]
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" [syn: affair,
occasion, social occasion, function, social function]
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"
v 1: give occasion to