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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

That law enforcement agencies and the world’s media would one day have occasion to be reading them, and that all his power and wealth would not, in fact, be enough to save him.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025

I rarely have occasion to get upset at him.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

“How far is too far, in scrubbing away a history so that we won’t remember it wrong – or, indeed, have occasion to remember it at all?” asked Mark Summers, a University of Kentucky professor.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2020

I don’t have occasion to use my mean mouth on boys, since they don’t say provoking things to me.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

have occasion to

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