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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

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I have had occasion for it I assure you Mr. Manly; and I have occasion for it at this very time.

From Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts by Inchbald, Mrs.

According to theology, men have occasion for supernatural grace to do good.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

And significantly he added, "Though I do not know that it will ever be of the least importance to me, yet one loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

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

And I never, scarcely, am so placed as to have occasion for kindness—real kindness—without receiving it, unasked.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

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