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Occasional

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Occurring from time to time. See Synonyms at periodic.

adj. Not habitual; infrequent: took an occasional glass of wine.

adj. Created for a special occasion: occasional verse.

adj. Intended for use as the occasion requires: an occasional chair.

adj. Acting as a cause.

adj. Acting in a specified capacity from time to time: an occasional hunter.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.

adj. Not very often.

adj. Created for a specific occasion.

adj. Intended for use as the occasion requires.

adj. Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental.

adj. Produced by accident.

adj. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of occasion; incidental; hence, occurring from time to time, but without regularity or system; made, happening, or recurring as opportunity requires or admits: as, an occasional smile; an occasional fit of coughing.

Called forth, produced, or used on some special occasion or event; suited for a particular occasion: as, an occasional discourse.

That serves as or constitutes the occasion or indirect cause; causal.

n. A production caused by or adapted to some special occurrence, or the circumstances of the moment; an extemporaneous composition.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

adj. occurring from time to time

adj. recurring or reappearing from time to time

adj. occurring from time to time

Word Usage

"Obviously there's a market for the occasional brick, but that's definitely *occasional*, and probably not a lot of people are going to get their bricks published as their *first* books."

Equivalent

unpredictable irregular sporadic infrequent

Cross Reference

infrequent occasional contraband occasional chair doctrine of occasional causes occasional table

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

casual incidental

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sudden frequent mere small