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occasional
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uh
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]
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Origin
oc·ca·sion·al
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əˈkeɪ
ʒə
nl
/
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uh
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-nl
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adjective
1.
occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then:
an occasional headache.
2.
intended for supplementary use when needed:
an occasional chair.
3.
pertaining to, arising out of, or intended for the
occasion
:
occasional verses.
4.
acting or serving for the
occasion
or only on particular
occasions
.
5.
serving as the
occasion
or incidental cause.
Origin:
1560–70;
occasion
+
-al
1
Related forms
oc·ca·sion·al·ness,
oc·ca·sion·al·i·ty,
noun
un·oc·ca·sion·al,
adjective
un·oc·ca·sion·al·ly,
adverb
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Example Sentences
His
occasional
series of columns covers the game, its controversies and what it has taught him about everyday life.
Occasional
travel to attend professional conferences/meetings required.
Japan's
occasional
attempts at economic reform are a gruesome sight.
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His
occasional
series of columns covers the game, its controversies and what it has taught him about everyday life.
Occasional
travel to attend professional conferences/meetings required.
Japan's
occasional
attempts at economic reform are a gruesome sight.
Expect little traffic, but watch out for the
occasional
reindeer.
But itching-“pruritus,” to physicians-is more than an
occasional
nuisance.
Pregnant women were even advised to have an
occasional
pint.
Occasional
deep watering and periodic feeding will help keep roots deep.
So for errands and the
occasional
weekend getaway, a car-sharing setup can save you time and money.
His
occasional
series of columns covers the game, its controversies and what it has taught him about every day life.
Responsibilities will be primarily research, with
occasional
teaching with a focus on practice.
But they are interrupted by the
occasional
hoot of pleasure.
There are also guest ales,
occasional
beer festivals, and delicious food in the evenings.
Dust, dirt, and the
occasional
bird-bomb can chip away at the efficiency of solar panels.
Most museum goers confine themselves to murmurs of appreciation or the
occasional
reverent flip of a program page.
Plants respond to heavy pruning but rarely need more than the
occasional
snip to correct their shape.
Occasional
volcanic eruptions had layered minerals throughout the outcrops.
We're going to have our
occasional
high score here and there.
Evening and
occasional
weekend availability required.
Yet the growth of emerging economies is unlikely to continue at the same rapid pace or without
occasional
downturns.
Only debris and the
occasional
bubbles from her breathing tank are visible.
Many of us enjoy an
occasional
bedtime chat with a loved one who is far away.
Plus, this one's made of vinyl urethane, requiring
occasional
dusting but no food whatsoever.
Does well with only
occasional
deep irrigation in summer.
My iPhone has become my kids'
occasional
babysitter.
He recalls childhood visits to the museum with his parents on their
occasional
trips to the city.
Less-glamorous gigs involve needles, knives, and the
occasional
colonoscope.
Despite an
occasional
combative streak, the media hardly ever report corruption cases without official approval.
Shipping fuels can also consume a lot of energy, and creates an
occasional
environmental disaster such as an oil spill.
The natural bounty of those places made the
occasional
hurricane or tsunami tolerable.
The arid landscape is punctuated only by the
occasional
anemic acacia tree or red-stone formation rising from the sand.
Small, closely set leaves and tolerance for an
occasional
footstep make them choice selections for use between steppingstones.
Occasional
mistakes set me back a bit, and made it important to do the puzzles in pencil.
As such, part of my job involves catching the
occasional
plagiarist.
Occasional
resistant individuals occur but, in the short to medium term, a severe population decline is expected.
Many telescopes, he notes, are already programmed to account for the
occasional
addition of leap seconds.
And estuaries are populated by fishes, birds, snails and maybe the
occasional
otter.
No one talks but for the
occasional
murmur, tactfully hidden behind fan or hand.
They need good soil, good drainage, and
occasional
feeding with controlled-release fertilizer.
Mixed in with your run-of-the-mill soybeans and the
occasional
mysterious missing bean are a number of notable aberrations.
Flexible hours to be established by each campus and will include
occasional
weekends and holidays.
Life also brings problems that money cannot solve:
occasional
volcanic eruptions, more frequent earthquakes, and winter.
Animals face
occasional
hazards at the many plantations near the park.
Like many young people, the brothers snuck the
occasional
beer or cigarette and experimented with marijuana.
The payoffs for a few stray pet hairs and the
occasional
drop of drool are enormous, however.
Once rosemary is established,
occasional
deep watering is almost all it needs.
There are
occasional
typhoons that bring high winds and floods.
But
occasional
fighting continues between militants and coalition troops who are moving from house to house.
In fact a four-wheel-drive is recommended, as are
occasional
stops to avoid car sickness.
I've also had
occasional
sensations of someone else being in the room, sometimes getting a pleasant back rub.
It deals with dinosaur news, implications of research, and
occasional
fun thought experiments.
Though they require an
occasional
watering during especially dry years, these tough plants get by almost entirely on rainfall.
The
occasional
adolescent who took the whole summer off was considered slothful and spoiled.
Never mind the
occasional
snapping turtle or snake that gets in the way.
These two taboos only receive an
occasional
voice when someone dares to suggest teaching these topics in the school system.
Here there are no earthquakes, no fires and only the
occasional
hurricane.
Combine this with with
occasional
live music and plant sales, and you have a birthday bash to remember.
Lately, though, the good news has been tempered with the
occasional
sign suggesting a less rosy picture.
Bruse managed to reach a hospital-and survived, but the eastern diamond-back still claims an
occasional
life.
It's as if you are coasting through the air with the
occasional
kick to the ground to keep you out.
But he received nothing more than an
occasional
reprimand.
The plant benefits from
occasional
tip pruning to keep it bushy and should last outdoors until frost.
And that is more than enough to cause
occasional
mayhem.
Brake for wild turkeys and the
occasional
black bear.
Food wasn't scarce, though it took some ingenuity and the
occasional
suspension of the laws of science.
Grow well in enriched or unamended soil, and with regular or only
occasional
irrigation.
Ever since, it has suffered from continual droop, punctuated by the
occasional
outright collapse.
The extra heft gives it the juice to tackle the
occasional
dirt road or rail trail.
Nothing else but this food, except an
occasional
change to broiled mutton.
Anacharis and water lettuce are vigorous growers and require
occasional
thinning.
Fossil teeth, and the
occasional
skeleton, show that small mammals were common at this time.
Disputes begin with high-speed chases and the
occasional
beak jab.
Yes, the
occasional
element-a horse's head, a reclining youth-registers sharp and clear.
Can survive an
occasional
missed irrigation but look better with regular moisture.
Although she received
occasional
commissions for portraits, she sold relatively few paintings during her lifetime.
Quite drought tolerant but looks best with
occasional
deep watering add to my plant list.
Not sure why anyone with a scientific background would scoff at the idea of a large lauropod taking
occasional
animal prey.
Multiplies and spreads from corms with little care beyond
occasional
weeding.
Try to keep established plants healthy with
occasional
deep watering and feeding add to my plant list.
In the garden, it is extremely drought tolerant but will grow faster with
occasional
summer water.
Endures heat and drought but does better with
occasional
water add to my plant list.
Soaker hoses work well for
occasional
deep watering of established trees.
They need moderate water and
occasional
feeding to stay strong.
Such varieties still produce an
occasional
female plant add to my plant list.
Can take extreme drought, but look best with
occasional
deep soakings.
While the news offers the
occasional
story about the fate of an outspoken.
There will be
occasional
diplomatic stand-offs with the.
Only
occasional
errors occur-about one for every billion base-pair.
Permission is not required for sending an
occasional
copy of an article to a few.
I'd always imagined pirates as one-eyed buccaneers hardened by heavy doses of rum and
occasional
bouts of scurvy.
Life goes on, with its
occasional
celebrations and frequent setbacks.
There are the pleasant surprises, the perfect toys, and the
occasional
unsightly outfits.
Tensions surface in the mysterious
occasional
harangues in the press against those.
Some three dozen species are harvested the
occasional
giant catfish is generally caught by accident.
Also pigs, goats, donkeys and the
occasional
ostrich.
Occasional
walks and/or shuttle transportation to attend meetings at other university campuses may be necessary.
Only an
occasional
banana grove or superannuated rubber plantation offers a spot of variety.
Telltale deposits of debris suggest that sediments were washed downhill by
occasional
liquid flows.
In fact, he was feisty and prone to
occasional
angry outbursts.
There is a tower redoubt, baking and blacksmithing demonstrations and
occasional
black powder cannon firings.
Foray into the forum's literature, pleasure reading, and the
occasional
academic article or two.
The
occasional
whumph and crack of the settling glacier could still be heard through the cold air.
Occasional
ly a duststorm will blanket a region or even several states and there are reports of the
occasional
large tornado.
The duplication of official bodies has, however, caused
occasional
problems in negotiations with operating companies.
It's mostly flat, with
occasional
small climbs and descents, sometimes steep.
Their plight has drawn
occasional
attention from newspapers and magazines.
There are
occasional
views and campsite-friendly lakes.
He also takes the
occasional
commission for aerial.
Still, the potential benefits of these boards outweigh the
occasional
conflicts.
It found that roughly a quarter of the edits posted by
occasional
contributors were undone in.
The trouble, of course, is that each of us is also vulnerable to flubbing up the
occasional
social norm.
The shrub is easy to grow, needing little fussing beyond watering,
occasional
feeding.
The dean position does carry some
occasional
teaching duties.
All of us have
occasional
sleepless nights, but for people with fatal familial insomnia, it's the beginning of the end.
They called the
occasional
third full moon in that season in which there happened to be four a blue moon.
Simply writing the
occasional
article is arguably not sufficient evidence of scholarship.
Aside from
occasional
bits of horrible writing, he does it justice.
The pervasive silence is broken only by the
occasional
canoe paddle or the riffle of an angry bonefish.
Well that'll make terraforming easier, except for the
occasional
mudslide as the groundwater melts and mobilises.
Faculty members cannot sit around waiting to be called by a reporter or writing an
occasional
op-ed.
He had a helicopter landing pad built on the ship which enabled him to fly in for an
occasional
hour or two of filming.
Even today the portrait of the pygmies is being slowly sketched in from details gleaned from
occasional
strandings and bycatch.
Random,
occasional
hiccups in the constants almost certainly would go undetected.
We make them for special occasions and they are as harmful as an
occasional
doughnut.
One of the perks of academia is the opportunity for
occasional
travel to conferences, archives, or field-work.
Some of the poorer camp inmates make money from
occasional
odd jobs and manual labour.
There are roaming patrols of rebels, roaming groups of bandits,
occasional
patrols by the army.
There have always been
occasional
reports of aquatic animals falling from the sky.
There were
occasional
lulls in the drumming outside:.
There is an
occasional
exception to the rule that governments should keep out of agriculture.
We drifted silently, save for
occasional
blasts from the propane burners, which kept us aloft.
For those willing to commit to periodic
occasional
maintenance, linoleum flooring should last decades if not longer.
Models simulating centuries of warming normally have the
occasional
decade in which no rise in surface temperatures is observed.
However, in even the healthiest gardens, the
occasional
pest or weed problem can jeopardize plants.
The reason why inbreeding was banned in the first place, was because of the obvious outcome of
occasional
birth defects.
They all work full time, so e-mail and the
occasional
phone call have to do.
There is the
occasional
snowfield to cross early in the.
Occasional
work parties, he says, may be needed for many years to prevent the plant's return.
More significant still, drinking is done in
occasional
binges rather than frequent sips.
There is silence except for the sound of a slow surf, crickets, and the
occasional
hee-haa of a donkey in the village below.
Plus you actually do get
occasional
medical breakthroughs as a by product.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
occasional
(əˈkeɪʒən
ə
l)
—
adj
1.
taking place from time to time; not frequent or regular
2.
of, for, or happening on special occasions
3.
serving as an occasion (for something)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
occasional
1560s, "casual," from
occasion
. Meaning "happening on or pertaining to a particular occasion" is from 1630s; that of "once in a while" is from 1620s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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