occasions
Britishplural noun
-
(sometimes singular) needs; necessities
-
personal or business affairs
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In other words, the people ordering N/A beer, spirit-free cocktails and alcohol-free sparkling wine are often the exact same people ordering IPAs, martinis and Champagne on different occasions.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Perseverance has observed these events as well, including occasions when Phobos or Deimos passes across the Sun as viewed from the Martian surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
When less-lethal weapons proved ineffective, the department deployed tear gas on two occasions, June 8 and 14, to disperse “violent groups” and restore order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
On these occasions, Wemmick took his books and papers into Mr. Jaggers’s room, and one of the upstairs clerks came down into the outer office.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
