occasional
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "occasional"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡, āĻ•āĻĻāĻžāϚāĻŋā§Ž

happening or done from time to time, without a consistent pattern
occasional definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tom 's occasional visits to his hometown always bring back fond memories of his childhood.
āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ

employed to perform a certain role or job for specific events infrequently or on temporary basis
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was an occasional bartender, filling in on weekends when the bar needed extra staff.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĢ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ, āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡

engaging in a particular activity from time to time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He enjoys being an occasional gamer, playing video games only on weekends.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϗ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āϖ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ

(of furniture) designed for use on special events or for infrequent, temporary purposes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
An occasional chair in the corner of the room added a decorative but functional touch.
āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ

referring to works such as literature, music, or art that are created specifically for a particular event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wrote occasional verse to honor the retirement of a beloved teacher.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

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