occasion

n 1: 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" [syn: {juncture}]

2: a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an

affair" [syn: {affair}, {social occasion}]

3: reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"

4: the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th

birthday"

5: an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion

for her to demonstrate her skill"

v : give occasion to