English-Czech translations for occasion

• příležitost
  Dnešní zasedání je velkolepou příležitostí. Today's meeting is a grand occasion.
  Tento summit byl obrovskou příležitostí. That Summit was a momentous occasion.
  Měli jsme několik příležitostí, abychom o nich zde ve sněmovně diskutovali. We have had several occasions to debate them in this House.
• případ
  V tomto případě to není třeba. There is no need on this occasion.
  V tomto případě hrála rozhodující roli sama příroda. On this occasion, nature itself played the decisive role.
• vyvolat
• zapříčinit

Definition of occasion

• 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.
• An occurrence or incident.
• Need; requirement, necessity.
• A special event or function.
• A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion
• To cause; to produce; to induce

Examples

• At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation
• I had no occasion to feel offended, however
• I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me
• a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
• I have no occasion for firearms
• Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house
• it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity

Related words

• occasional
• occasionally
• occasionalism
• occasional table
• occasional word
• on occasion
• rise to the occasion
• singular occasion
• on the occasion of