Hyphenation of occasion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word occasion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of occasion:

1.	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
2.	A vaguely specified social event The party was quite an affair An occasion arranged to honor the president A seemingly endless round of social functions
3.	Reason There was no occasion for complaint
4.	The time of a particular event On the occasion of his 60th birthday
5.	An opportunity to do something There was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill
6.	Give occasion to

Synonyms of occasion:

noun	juncture, happening, occurrence, natural event
noun	affair, social occasion, function, social function, social event
noun	reason, ground
noun	time
noun	opportunity, chance
verb	cause, do, make

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.