occasion
— Noun
– English
~ 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"
occasion
— Noun
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~ reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
occasion
— Noun
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~ an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
occasional
— Adjective
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~ recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"
occasional
— Adjective
– English
~ occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of wine"
occasional
— Adjective
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~ occurring on a temporary or irregular basis; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
occasional
— Adjective
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~ occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"
occasionally
— Adverb
– English
~ sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
occasions
— Noun
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~ something you have to do; "he minded his own specialized occasions"
occident
— Noun
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~ the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
occident
— Noun
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~ the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
Occidental
— Noun
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~ an artificial language
occidental
— Noun
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~ a native inhabitant of the Occident
occidental
— Adjective
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~ denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture"
occidentalise
— Verb
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~ make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"
occidentalism
— Noun
– English
~ the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people
occidentalism
— Noun
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~ the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations
occidentalize
— Verb
– English
~ make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"
occipital lobe
— Noun
– English
~ that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head