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have occasion to

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be needy be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

Example Sentences

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If Indiana fans have occasion to dance and sing along to “Hurts So Good” again on Monday, though, Mellencamp’s tour logistics might become even more complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

As an older gentleman, I too have occasion to need a restroom more often than most.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

I have no doubt I’ll have occasion to put the strategies my students and I developed together into further use next year.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2020

The men would not have occasion to discuss their personal heroics from 2002: Molina was the backup catcher; Callaway and Wise were depth pitchers who did not make the postseason roster.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2020

These were people who mostly didn’t know one another and would never have occasion to meet, many of whom I’d fallen out of touch with myself.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

have occasion to

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