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have occasion for

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be needy be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion to have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

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Bide thee!" exclaimed the dame in a shrill voice—"I have occasion for you.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.

Depend upon it, your children will have occasion for all your economy.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

And have occasion for all my courage too.

From Such Things Are A Play, in Five Acts by Inchbald, Mrs.

No one can tell, however secure his present situation may appear, how soon it may alter, and he may have occasion for the compassion of those who are now infinitely below him.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas

Mr. Hamilton Schuyler," said Mark calmly, "that gentleman will have occasion for his watch.

From Mark Mason's Victory by Alger, Horatio

have occasion for

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