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have occasion for

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 to 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 he should ever have occasion for a plan of the lands of his estate, he may have them correctly surveyed without studying geometry.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

There were some dogged Passages, indeed we durst not meddle with at all; but I can turn ye to any thing you have occasion for, with a wet-finger.

From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger

Changing the figure, with apparently an eye upon the dentist, this pessimist would point out that a pap-fed race could have occasion for, and therefore would develop, no teeth.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

The Creator has placed us upon the globe in such a situation, that we have occasion for each other.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various

It is not unlikely that in the fluctuation of things our country may have occasion for great military exertions.

From Patrick Henry by Tyler, Moses Coit

have occasion for

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