1. (

• juncture ,
• occasion

) 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" ;

2. (

• affair ,
• occasion ,
• 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" ;

3. (

• occasion

) reason; "there was no occasion for complaint" ;

4. (

• occasion

) the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday" ;

5. (

• occasion

) an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" ;

1. (

• occasion

) give occasion to ;