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occasion:
- gebeurtenis; evenement; voorval; incident; feit
Wiktionary:
- occasion → veroorzaken
- occasion → noodzaak, behoefte, aanleiding, gebeurtenis, voorval, gelegenheid
- occasion → keer, maal, occasion

English

Detailed Translations for occasion from English to Dutch

occasion:

occasion [the ~] noun

the occasion (event; occurrence)
de gebeurtenis; het evenement
- gebeurtenis [de ~ (v)] noun
- evenement [het ~] noun
the occasion (event; occurrence; affair; matter; business)
de gebeurtenis; het voorval; het incident; het feit
- gebeurtenis [de ~ (v)] noun
- voorval [het ~] noun
- incident [het ~] noun
- feit [het ~] noun

Translation Matrix for occasion:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
evenement	event; occasion; occurrence
feit	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	data; fact
gebeurtenis	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	event; program event
incident	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	event; happening; history; incident
voorval	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence
-	affair; function; juncture; social function; social occasion

Related Words for "occasion":

occasions

Synonyms for "occasion":

juncture; happening; occurrence; occurrent; natural event
affair; social occasion; function; social function; social event
reason; ground
time
opportunity; chance
cause; do; make

Related Definitions for "occasion":

an event that occurs at a critical time¹
- it was needed only on special occasions¹
a vaguely specified social event¹
- an occasion arranged to honor the president¹
reason¹
- there was no occasion for complaint¹
an opportunity to do something¹
- there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill¹
the time of a particular event¹
- on the occasion of his 60th birthday¹
give occasion to¹

Wiktionary Translations for occasion:

occasion

verb

give occasion to
- occasion → veroorzaken

noun

need
- occasion → noodzaak; behoefte
occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
- occasion → aanleiding
happening
- occasion → gebeurtenis; voorval
favorable opportunity
- occasion → gelegenheid

occasion

noun

datgene wat iets tot gevolg heeft
- aanleiding → cause; reason; occasion; motive
mogelijkheid tot
- gelegenheid → occasion; opportunity

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• occasion	→ keer; maal	↔ fois — Reprise
• occasion	→ occasion	↔ occasion — rencontre, conjoncture ou concours fortuit et éphémère de circonstances qui favoriser temporairement une entreprise, un dessein, etc.

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