Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on occasion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: on oc-ca-sion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Occasionally, from time to time, now and then.

Example Sentences

"Only on rare occasion."
"It is not in itself surprising that a genuine advance of knowledge should in this manner become on occasion a source of new error."

Synonyms

occasionally once in a while now and then now and again at times from time to time

Questions

What does on occasion mean?: Occasionally, from time to time, now and then.

How to pronounce on occasion

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