What does Occasional mean?
Definitions for Occasional
əˈkeɪ ʒə nloc·ca·sion·al
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Occasional.
Princeton's WordNet
occasional(a)adjective
occurring from time to time
"took an occasional glass of wine"
episodic, occasionaladjective
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"
casual, occasionaladjective
occurring from time to time
"casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
periodic, occasionaladjective
recurring or reappearing from time to time
"periodic feelings of anxiety"
GCIDE
Occasionaladjective
Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.
Wiktionary
occasionaladjective
Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.
He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.
occasionaladjective
Not very often.
He took an occasional glass of wine.
occasionaladjective
Created for a specific occasion.
Elgar's music was not created to be occasional music for high-school graduations.
occasionaladjective
Intended for use as the occasion requires.
What your living room needs are some occasional chairs.
occasionaladjective
Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
He is an occasional contributor to letters to the editor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Occasionaladjective
Etymology: occasionel, Fr. from occasion.
Thus much is sufficient out of scripture, to verify our explication of the deluge, according to the Mosaical history of the flood, and according to many occasional reflections dispersed in other places of scripture concerning it. Burnet.
The ground or occasional original hereof, was the amazement and sudden silence the unexpected appearance of wolves does often put upon travellers. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Those letters were not writ to all;
Nor first intended but occasional,
Their absent sermons. John Dryden, Hind. and Panth.
ChatGPT
occasional
Occasional refers to something that happens or appears from time to time in irregular, infrequent intervals, or happens on special or random occasions rather than on a continuous, regular, or systematic basis. It also refers to something that is performed, used, or suitable for specific events or occasions.
Webster Dictionary
Occasionaladjective
of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts
Occasionaladjective
produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing
Etymology: [Cf. F. occasionnel.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Occasional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3616
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Occasional' in Adjectives Frequency: #491
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Occasional in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Occasional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Occasional in a Sentence
It’s a continual large-scale attractant. It’s not just the occasional tent that has it, it seems to be a lot of the tents that have it, unless we can keep attractants out of tents, almost any bear that happens by there is going to end up in the camp and in tents.
They could enjoy occasional breakthroughs but it won't carry a lot of weight in their overall sales, we can see that Sanofi takes cancer seriously but you must remember R&D cycles are very long. So I would say Sanofi won't be a great player in oncology but it may have some successes from time to time.
His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.
We’ve come a long way in a short time, it won’t take a lot for the market to pause ... whether it’s deliberations over fiscal stimulus, or the occasional talk of inflation or interest rates getting some lift.
Effective altruists in my experience don't feel guilty about occasional indulgences, if they're doing it in the long run, they have to give themselves a break now and again.
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- عرضيArabic
- ocasionalCatalan, Valencian
- příležitostný, občasnýCzech
- okkasionell, gelegentlichGerman
- ocasionalSpanish
- satunnainenFinnish
- occasionnelFrench
- ócáideachIrish
- corraScottish Gaelic
- esetenkénti, alkalmiHungarian
- occasionaleItalian
- 偶発的, 偶然, 時折, 偶Japanese
- 가끔하는Korean
- okkażjonaliMaltese
- nu en dan, toevallig, indicenteel, af en toe, occasioneelDutch
- sporadyczny, rzadki, przypadkowyPolish
- ocasionalPortuguese
- ocazionalRomanian
- случайный, редкийRussian
- tillfälligSwedish
- அவ்வப்போதுTamil
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