Dictionary entry

Occupying

Pronunciation: /ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ/

Pronunciation

/ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ/

Myanmar Meaning

(v[ing]) နေနေ

Definition

occasion /ǝ'keÇʒn/ n ၁။ [C] အခါ။ အခိုက္။ သမယ။ ကာလ။ on this/that occasion ❍ on rare occasions ❍ on the occasion of her daughter's wedding ❍ I've met him on several occasions. ❍ On one occasion (ie Once) he rang me in the middle of the night. ❍ I bought this dress specially for the occasion. ၂။ [sing] ~ (for sth) (သင့္ျမတ္ေသာ) အခ်ိန္၊ အခါ၊ အခြင့္။ A funeral is hardly an occasion for practical jokes. ❍ I'll wear it if the occasion arises (ie if I get the opportunity). ၃။ [C] ျဖစ္စဥ္။ ျဖစ္ရပ္။ အခမ္းအနား။ ပြဲ။ a great/historic/social occasion ❍ The wedding was a memorable occasion. ၄။ [U] ( fml ) အေၾကာင္း။ အေၾကာင္းတရား။ I've had no occasion to visit him recently. ❍ She never has much occasion to speak French in her new job. v ( fml ) ျဖစ္ေပၚေစသည္။ ေပၚေပါက္ရသည္။ The incident occasioned a great deal of comment. ❍ The delay was occasioned by the need to consult senior management. ❍ The decision occasioned us much anxiety. ❏ on occasion(s) [ IDM ] အခါအားေလ်ာ္စြာ။ ရံဖန္ရံခါ။

Examples

  1. [on one occasion] : On one occasion we had to walk all the way home.
  2. [on this occasion] : I’ll let you off on this occasion.
  3. [on an earlier occasion] : We tested a similar product on an earlier occasion.
  4. [on occasion] : He continues to work with us on occasion.
  5. [occasion for] : Her promotion was an occasion for great celebration.
  6. [not the occasion for something] : This is not the occasion for such a detailed analysis.
  7. [occasion for doing something] : Victory provided him with the occasion for declaring himself king.
  8. [occasion for someone to do something] : This will be an occasion for us all to make a new start.
  9. The first opening of a Scottish parliament for 300 years was a historic occasion.
  10. [special occasion] : The dress is perfect for a special occasion.
  11. [mark an occasion] : We should mark the occasion in some way.
  12. [on the occasion of something] : There was a celebration on the occasion of the school’s anniversary.
  13. [have occasion to do something] : I’ve had no occasion to complain about their service.
  14. [be the occasion of something] : His mistake was the occasion of much amusement.