particular occasion

collocation in English

meaningsofparticularandoccasion

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particular
adjective
uk
/pəˈtɪk.jə.lər/us
/pɚˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
special, or this and not ...
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occasion
noun[C]
uk
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/us
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/
a particular time, especially when something happens or ...
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(Definition ofparticularandoccasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparticular occasion

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On thatparticularoccasionthe room was filled with lobbyists.
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They are rather more or less accidental accompaniments of the activity of seeing on aparticularoccasion.
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How many of them would actually cooperate on aparticularoccasion?
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Why could it have been possible on thisparticularoccasion, even if it had not been for the depression?
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Their function is not so much to describe or define work already made, as to enable and generate work ' suitable' for aparticularoccasion.
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His exemplary analysis takes as its base the indexing formats of the tonaries, which provide the cues for selecting and reconstructing what to sing on aparticularoccasion.
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Attributing tensions to social polarization or increased pressure on resources does not, in the end, sufficiently explain why disputes arose on aparticularoccasionor took on a particular form.
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To signal the origin of activity within them on anyparticularoccasion, that activity must be dynamically linked to the activity from which it arose on that occasion.
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It is up to these organisations to decide which individual should represent them on anyparticularoccasion.
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We bad him last night because it was aparticularoccasionlast night.
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That was very great news to me and to my colleagues who were with me on thatparticularoccasion.
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We are keeping in touch with the situation, but aparticularoccasionlike this is one for decision.
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So far as my recollection goes, until thisparticularoccasionthere has been no criticism of it whatever.
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The canvas is a rather large one and there is a great deal to be said, especially on thisparticularoccasion.
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On thatparticularoccasionit was my good fortune to receive the honour of support.
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Many of my constituents, if asked where they were on aparticularoccasion, would find it extremely difficult to react at that moment.
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Those things appear to me to be questions on which the answer may vary according to theparticularoccasion.
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He might have taken special precautions on thatparticularoccasionto see that he and his friends received reports of what went on.
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That conduct is potentially so dangerous that it is made an offence regardless of whether on theparticularoccasionit has caused any danger.
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I should not like to try on thisparticularoccasion.
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