noun
1. an event that occurs at a critical time
e.g. at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
it was needed only on special occasions
Synonym: juncture
2. a vaguely specified social event
e.g. the party was quite an affair
an occasion arranged to honor the president
a seemingly endless round of social functions
Synonym: affairsocial occasionfunctionsocial function
3. reason
e.g. there was no occasion for complaint
4. an opportunity to do something
e.g. there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill
5. the time of a particular event
e.g. on the occasion of his 60th birthday
noun
1. a detailed critical inspection
Synonym: study
2. the act of looking or seeing or observing
e.g. he tried to get a better view of it
his survey of the battlefield was limited
Synonym: viewsight
3. short descriptive summary (of events)
Synonym: sketchresume
adj
1. not excessive or extreme
e.g. a fairish income
reasonable prices
Synonym: fairfairish
2. marked by sound judgment
e.g. sane nuclear policy
Synonym: sane
3. showing reason or sound judgment
e.g. a sensible choice
a sensible person
Synonym: sensible
noun
1. a person who uses goods or services
noun
1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
e.g. they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
Synonym: coveragereportage