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occasional
(encz) | occasional,občasný |
occasional
(encz) | occasional,příležitostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Occasional
(gcide) | Occasional \Oc*ca"sion*al\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F.
occasionnel.]
1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or
systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or
admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or
efforts.
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The . . . occasional writing of the present times.
--Bagehot.
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2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a
thing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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3. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended
for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not
regularly.
[PJC]
Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an
effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the
occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the
act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but
not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
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occasional
(wn) | occasional
adj 1: occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of
wine"
2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn:
episodic, occasional]
3: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]
4: recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic
feelings of anxiety" [syn: periodic, occasional] |
occasional
(devil) | OCCASIONAL, adj. Afflicting us with greater or less frequency. That,
however, is not the sense in which the word is used in the phrase
"occasional verses," which are verses written for an "occasion," such
as an anniversary, a celebration or other event. True, they afflict
us a little worse than other sorts of verse, but their name has no
reference to irregular recurrence.
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occasional paper
(encz) | Occasional Paper, |
occasionally
(encz) | occasionally,časem Zdeněk Brožoccasionally,občas occasionally,příležitostně Zdeněk Brož |
Occasional
(gcide) | Occasional \Oc*ca"sion*al\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F.
occasionnel.]
1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or
systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or
admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or
efforts.
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The . . . occasional writing of the present times.
--Bagehot.
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2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a
thing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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3. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended
for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not
regularly.
[PJC]
Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an
effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the
occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the
act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but
not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
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Occasional cause
(gcide) | Occasional \Oc*ca"sion*al\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F.
occasionnel.]
1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or
systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or
admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or
efforts.
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The . . . occasional writing of the present times.
--Bagehot.
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2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a
thing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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3. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended
for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not
regularly.
[PJC]
Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an
effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the
occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the
act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but
not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
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Occasionalism
(gcide) | Occasionalism \Oc*ca"sion*al*ism\, n. (Metaph.)
The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain
theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the
intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for
the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
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Occasionality
(gcide) | Occasionality \Oc*ca`sion*al"i*ty\, n.
Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.
[R.]
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Occasionally
(gcide) | Occasionally \Oc*ca"sion*al*ly\, adv.
In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as
convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
--Stewart.
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The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the
other, his subject occasionally by his preferment.
--Fuller.
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Semioccasionally
(gcide) | Semioccasionally \Sem`i*oc*ca"sion*al*ly\, adv.
Once in a while; on rare occasions. [Colloq. U. S.]
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occasionally
(wn) | occasionally
adv 1: now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and
occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally
interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on
occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite
book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along,
the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his
attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, {once in
a while}, now and then, now and again, at times,
from time to time] |
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