Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occashun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-cashun
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pronunciation spelling of occasion.

Example Sentences

"My meetin house wuz gorgeously decorated for the occashun; the walls bein hung with confedrit battle flags, and on the corners of the pulpit wuz placed two skulls uv Yankees, picked up at Andersonville by one of the guards, who is now a loyal citizen uv this State, residin at this pint."
"Ef we believes we'se preshus in his sight,--an' de Bible sez we is,--we'll hev no occashun fer gettin discouraged, fer de dear Lord's boun ter do de best fer his loved ones."
"'I thort p'raps you'd like to drink to the occashun of the 'appy 'ome-coming in a nice glarss o' stout,' she explained."

Etymology

From occasion.

Inflected Forms

occashuns (plural)

Questions

What does occashun mean?: Pronunciation spelling of occasion.
Where does occashun come from?: From occasion.

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