Main entry: occasion, juncture
Definition: an event that occurs at a critical time
Usage: at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave; it was needed only on special occasions
Main entry: social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function
Definition: a vaguely specified social event
Usage: the party was quite an affair; an occasion arranged to honor the president; a seemingly endless round of social functions
Main entry: occasion
Definition: reason
Usage: there was no occasion for complaint
Main entry: occasion
Definition: an opportunity to do something
Usage: there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill
Main entry: occasion
Definition: the time of a particular event
Usage: on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Main entry: occasion
Definition: give occasion to