Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Occasionally, from time to time, now and then.
Only on rare occasion.
1 more example
It is not in itself surprising that a genuine advance of knowledge should in this manner become on occasion a source of new error.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 425
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbsporadically and infrequently
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APA
on occasion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20occasion
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“on occasion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20occasion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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