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On occasion Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

On occasion has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adverb · Prep_phrase

Definitions
Adverb
1

sporadically and infrequently

"he was arrogant and occasionally callous"

"open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"

"they visit New York on occasion"

"now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"

"as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"

Prep_phrase
1

occasionally, from time to time, now and then

Example Sentences
"he was arrogant and occasionally callous" adverb
"open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees" adverb
"they visit New York on occasion" adverb
"now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us" adverb
"as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" adverb
See Also
now and then occasionally bible society from time to time
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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