əˈfɛɹ əˈfɛə ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən ˈfʌŋkʃən ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ) ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃɚ əˈkeɪʒən əˈkeɪʒən ˈɹiːzən give occasion to 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 a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people the party was quite an affair an occasion arranged to honor the president a seemingly endless round of social functions a rational motive for a belief or action the reason that war was declared the grounds for their declaration an opportunity to do something there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill the time of a particular event on the occasion of his 60th birthday