Found 3 items, similar to Occasional.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: occasional
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: occasional
occasional
adj 1: occurring from time to time;
“took an occasional glass of
wine” [syn:
occasional(a)]
2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;
“episodic in his affections”;
“occasional headaches” [syn:
episodic]
3: employed in a specified capacity from time to time;
“casual
employment”;
“a casual correspondence with a former
teacher”;
“an occasional worker” [syn:
casual]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Occasional
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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