Definitions for Occasional
əˈkeɪ ʒə nloc·ca·sion·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. occasional(a)adjective

   occurring from time to time

   "took an occasional glass of wine"

2. episodic, occasionaladjective

   occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

   "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"

3. casual, occasionaladjective

   occurring from time to time

   "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"

4. periodic, occasionaladjective

   recurring or reappearing from time to time

   "periodic feelings of anxiety"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Occasionaladjective

   Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. occasionaladjective

   Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.

   He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.

2. occasionaladjective

   Not very often.

   He took an occasional glass of wine.

3. occasionaladjective

   Created for a specific occasion.

   Elgar's music was not created to be occasional music for high-school graduations.

4. occasionaladjective

   Intended for use as the occasion requires.

   What your living room needs are some occasional chairs.

5. occasionaladjective

   Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

   He is an occasional contributor to letters to the editor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Occasionaladjective

   Etymology: occasionel, Fr. from occasion.

   1. Incidental; casual.

   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.

   2. Producing by accident.

   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.

   3. Produced by occasion or incidental exigence.

   Those letters were not writ to all;
   Nor first intended but occasional,
   Their absent sermons. John Dryden, Hind. and Panth.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Occasionaladjective

   produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. occasionnel.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Occasional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3616

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Occasional' in Adjectives Frequency: #491

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1505","1"],["1524","3"],["1525","1"],["1563","1"],["1564","1"],["1572","9"],["1590","4"],["1607","2"],["1612","1"],["1620","2"],["1624","3"],["1626","1"],["1635","5"],["1642","1"],["1644","8"],["1648","2"],["1653","1"],["1656","1"],["1657","2"],["1658","4"],["1659","7"],["1660","3"],["1662","1"],["1663","4"],["1664","2"],["1668","1"],["1669","8"],["1670","3"],["1671","1"],["1672","2"],["1673","2"],["1675","10"],["1676","7"],["1677","5"],["1679","2"],["1680","3"],["1681","5"],["1682","9"],["1683","31"],["1684","9"],["1685","4"],["1686","3"],["1687","2"],["1688","5"],["1689","2"],["1690","1"],["1691","1"],["1692","5"],["1693","4"],["1694","6"],["1695","1"],["1696","10"],["1697","3"],["1698","18"],["1699","12"],["1700","19"],["1701","12"],["1702","21"],["1703","17"],["1704","50"],["1705","36"],["1706","50"],["1707","26"],["1708","40"],["1709","12"],["1710","25"],["1711","27"],["1712","17"],["1713","29"],["1714","15"],["1715","22"],["1716","9"],["1717","26"],["1718","37"],["1719","9"],["1720","74"],["1721","33"],["1722","36"],["1723","17"],["1724","69"],["1725","31"],["1726","38"],["1727","40"],["1728","42"],["1729","36"],["1730","61"],["1731","39"],["1732","42"],["1733","24"],["1734","25"],["1735","33"],["1736","41"],["1737","98"],["1738","80"],["1739","61"],["1740","40"],["1741","33"],["1742","64"],["1743","69"],["1744","72"],["1745","86"],["1746","37"],["1747","147"],["1748","60"],["1749","73"],["1750","94"],["1751","150"],["1752","133"],["1753","208"],["1754","166"],["1755","186"],["1756","68"],["1757","88"],["1758","95"],["1759","203"],["1760","82"],["1761","122"],["1762","99"],["1763","177"],["1764","148"],["1765","168"],["1766","221"],["1767","159"],["1768","259"],["1769","120"],["1770","177"],["1771","151"],["1772","265"],["1773","181"],["1774","290"],["1775","220"],["1776","299"],["1777","224"],["1778","544"],["1779","191"],["1780","259"],["1781","355"],["1782","205"],["1783","243"],["1784","384"],["1785","407"],["1786","320"],["1787","561"],["1788","629"],["1789","432"],["1790","507"],["1791","710"],["1792","944"],["1793","703"],["1794","667"],["1795","566"],["1796","872"],["1797","711"],["1798","779"],["1799","772"],["1800","1060"],["1801","2296"],["1802","1670"],["1803","1927"],["1804","1913"],["1805","1904"],["1806","2475"],["1807","2212"],["1808","2094"],["1809","2437"],["1810","2414"],["1811","3084"],["1812","2677"],["1813","2854"],["1814","2790"],["1815","2920"],["1816","3228"],["1817","3298"],["1818","4543"],["1819","3860"],["1820","4296"],["1821","3574"],["1822","4721"],["1823","5206"],["1824","6188"],["1825","6761"],["1826","5186"],["1827","5580"],["1828","5445"],["1829","6154"],["1830","7864"],["1831","7258"],["1832","6778"],["1833","8022"],["1834","7518"],["1835","9209"],["1836","8601"],["1837","8816"],["1838","8420"],["1839","10274"],["1840","9187"],["1841","8872"],["1842","7395"],["1843","10393"],["1844","8913"],["1845","10093"],["1846","10103"],["1847","9578"],["1848","10392"],["1849","10388"],["1850","11515"],["1851","11589"],["1852","13715"],["1853","14282"],["1854","14598"],["1855","14586"],["1856","15912"],["1857","14608"],["1858","12857"],["1859","14254"],["1860","14567"],["1861","10556"],["1862","8625"],["1863","9287"],["1864","10840"],["1865","12362"],["1866","13249"],["1867","11703"],["1868","12210"],["1869","12211"],["1870","12234"],["1871","12470"],["1872","12651"],["1873","12462"],["1874","13783"],["1875","13837"],["1876","15004"],["1877","13789"],["1878","13305"],["1879","14477"],["1880","18538"],["1881","18021"],["1882","19735"],["1883","20188"],["1884","19210"],["1885","19447"],["1886","16774"],["1887","17727"],["1888","17968"],["1889","17133"],["1890","16799"],["1891","17851"],["1892","20949"],["1893","19745"],["1894","18522"],["1895","21212"],["1896","24047"],["1897","23658"],["1898","25119"],["1899","26189"],["1900","28570"],["1901","29154"],["1902","30315"],["1903","28892"],["1904","30261"],["1905","29280"],["1906","29182"],["1907","32431"],["1908","31457"],["1909","28937"],["1910","30970"],["1911","30270"],["1912","31216"],["1913","29962"],["1914","29454"],["1915","26672"],["1916","27427"],["1917","27501"],["1918","22116"],["1919","25534"],["1920","31102"],["1921","25738"],["1922","30410"],["1923","25907"],["1924","22758"],["1925","24250"],["1926","23583"],["1927","25936"],["1928","26085"],["1929","26581"],["1930","27925"],["1931","27524"],["1932","24069"],["1933","21427"],["1934","23911"],["1935","27492"],["1936","27613"],["1937","29631"],["1938","28393"],["1939","29133"],["1940","28173"],["1941","25518"],["1942","22960"],["1943","20502"],["1944","19361"],["1945","21435"],["1946","27710"],["1947","33078"],["1948","35187"],["1949","37534"],["1950","36472"],["1951","35725"],["1952","37198"],["1953","36541"],["1954","37832"],["1955","38774"],["1956","40650"],["1957","45774"],["1958","43426"],["1959","44716"],["1960","51006"],["1961","54491"],["1962","61121"],["1963","64858"],["1964","62556"],["1965","69787"],["1966","70639"],["1967","75755"],["1968","84099"],["1969","80147"],["1970","83196"],["1971","82871"],["1972","85799"],["1973","80611"],["1974","79130"],["1975","78954"],["1976","83253"],["1977","82232"],["1978","84066"],["1979","86332"],["1980","86103"],["1981","83886"],["1982","90420"],["1983","91898"],["1984","96631"],["1985","99857"],["1986","101487"],["1987","102960"],["1988","103920"],["1989","109672"],["1990","115537"],["1991","113019"],["1992","120972"],["1993","118525"],["1994","126934"],["1995","128318"],["1996","136543"],["1997","139100"],["1998","146967"],["1999","154004"],["2000","171195"],["2001","172188"],["2002","185554"],["2003","196873"],["2004","220686"],["2005","210480"],["2006","225768"],["2007","241891"],["2008","315678"]]

How to pronounce Occasional?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Occasional in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Occasional in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Occasional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Occasional in a Sentence

1. Jim Ritterbusch:

   Despite what we view as a balanced oil market both domestically and globally, oil pricing is apparently still sensitive to evolving developments in the Persian Gulf where occasional minor military events are slowly cranking up geopolitical risk premium.

2. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

3. Shakuwra Dabre:

   Ismaaiyl was a very troubled young man whose life was in turmoil and spiraling out of control, we were estranged for a few years, with occasional contact. I am deeply sorry for the loss of the two innocent men who were killed, and offer my sincerest condolences to their families.

4. Ogden Nash:

   A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

5. Agatha Christie:

   Your travel life has the aspect of a dream. It is something outside the normal, yet you are in it. It is peopled with characters you have never seen before and in all probability will never see again. It brings occasional homesickness, and loneliness, and pangs of longing... But you are like the Vikings who have gone into a world of adventure, and home is not home until you return.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Occasional
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Occasional
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Occasional
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Occasional
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Occasional
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Occasional