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# occasions

«occasions» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Times when something happens: «on three occasions» means…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural of occasion (an occasion, occasions); verb (occasion, formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Times when something happens: «on three occasions» means three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#m1)

2) Special events or celebrations, like weddings or birthdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#m2)

3) (formal) Reasons or causes: «There is no occasion to worry.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#m3)

4) (formal verb) To occasion something is to cause it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems «on several occasions» counts how many times something happened. In everyday life, special occasions mean dressing up or a party. Phrases: on occasion (sometimes), special occasions, on two occasions, rise to the occasion.

### examples

- Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy; (Writings JOB.33.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x1)
- We only use the best plates on special occasions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x2)
- She has been late on three occasions this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x3)
- Birthdays and weddings are happy occasions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x4)
- On occasion, we eat dinner in front of the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x5)
- He rose to the occasion and scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x6)
- On how many occasions did Tom visit the zoo? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x7)
- The youngest was called Dummerly, and was on all occasions scorned and ill-treated by the whole family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: double c, single s: occasion, occasions. Countable. «On occasion» means sometimes, now and then. Maths: «on 4 occasions she saved $5» means 4 × 5 = 20 dollars.

### In the corpora

- [Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.854/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occasions» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occasions/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.