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OCCASIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something you have to do
Example:
he minded his own specialized occasions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("occasions" is a kind of...):
business (an immediate objective)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb occasion
Context examples:
Upon these occasions, a lady's character generally precedes her; and Highbury has long known that you are a superior performer.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
"One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little. No one, at least, can think I have not done enough for them: even themselves, they can hardly expect more."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ("binge drinking") or as a regular practice.
(Alcohol Abuse, NCI Thesaurus)
On such occasions his elbows were on his knees, his hands clasped above his head as though to shed rain by the hairy arms.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
On several occasions the sled was overturned, and they were compelled to reload it with its sombre freight.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I might, it is true, have reversed my boots, as I have done on similar occasions, but the sight of three sets of tracks in one direction would certainly have suggested a deception.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Remembering appointments, family occasions, holidays, medications.
(FAQ - Remember, NCI Thesaurus)
Among other findings, they identified the increasing consumption of this genus as a drug, and, on several occasions, its use in sexual assaults.
(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)
Meanwhile, in the broad and lofty chamber set apart for occasions of import, the Abbot himself was pacing impatiently backwards and forwards, with his long white nervous hands clasped in front of him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Opportunity will come to you, so look your best all month—for both social and professional occasions.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
