"occasion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

occasion sustantivo

sustantivo + occasion
Kolokacji: 15
occasion of the anniversary • occasion of one's birthday • state occasion • occasion of one's visit • occasion of one's marriage • ...
occasion + verbo
Kolokacji: 16
occasion arises • occasion demands • occasion calls • occasion requires • occasion marks • ...
verbo + occasion
Kolokacji: 66
win on several occasions • play on several occasions • re-elect on several occasions • mark the occasion • wear on occasions • ...
adjetivo + occasion
Kolokacji: 83
special occasion • rare occasion • separate occasion • different occasion • previous occasion • formal occasion • social occasion • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 20
(2) rare, infrequent, frequent
Kolokacji: 3
(9) only, single, royal
Kolokacji: 3
(10) solemn, somber
Kolokacji: 2
(12) auspicious, unfortunate
Kolokacji: 2
2. unfortunate occasion = okazja nieszczęśnika unfortunate occasion
  • These unfortunate occasions do arise, but I've found that time does much to improve them.
  • This is a most unfortunate occasion!
  • It was where they worked, lived, loved, and, on those unfortunate occasions, it was where they died.
  • Mr. Neville, on that unfortunate occasion, commits himself under provocation.
  • "We also have facilities where we lease long-distance capacity to companies like Verizon and we're not using this unfortunate occasion to pressure these firms."
  • He had big role in the unfortunate occasions of Vojvodina massacres.
  • On one unfortunate occasion, when the ever-more-forgetful old woman loses her money and keys, the neighbors are thrown together with hilarious results.
  • "We have lost face, you and I. Conclude this unfortunate occasion and do it now."
  • There was the unfortunate occasion when we accidentally (albeit repeatedly) linked the word "Netscape" to a site for devil worshipers.
  • Indeed, on one of these unfortunate occasions the effects were so patently unconvincing that self-willed credulousness could be the only explanation.
(13) far, brief
Kolokacji: 2
(15) later, subsequent, prior
Kolokacji: 3
(16) official, perfect
Kolokacji: 2
(17) religious, sacred
Kolokacji: 2
(19) notable, famous, known
Kolokacji: 3
(20) possible, conceivable
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + occasion
Kolokacji: 8
on occasions • upon occasion • of occasions • at occasions • in occasions • ...

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