Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: occasion
IPA transcription: [ək'eɪʒən]
Pronunciations of occasion
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: juncture, occasion
    Meaning: 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: affair, occasion, social_occasion, function, social_function
    Meaning: 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: occasion
    Meaning: reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: occasion
    Meaning: give occasion to
Usage examples
  • I had occasion to criticize
  • But on this occasion there was no failure.
  • It would certainly occasion reconstruction.
  • He said, 'There's no occasion for my writing.
  • like the fury of Squire Hardy on that occasion.
  • There was no great occasion now, and no wonderment.
  • Mrs. Weston was most comfortably pleased on the occasion.
  • On this occasion Captain Wragge made no attempt to follow him.
  • So youthful as he was, surely there was no occasion for haste.
  • "She'll never have occasion to test the genuineness of her tiara.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Janus (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording British Empire, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elizabeth II, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bill Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Indigenous people of the Everglades region, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Krampus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Buzz Out Loud, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording J. R. R. Tolkien, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Doctor Who, License CC BY-SA 4.0