occasion
Betekenis
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- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- The time when something happens.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- Need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
oc‧ca‧sion
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/əˈkeɪʒən/
Etymologie
From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cado (“fall”).
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