Betekenis van casual In het Nederlands

• 0 Casual clothes are not formal or not suitable for special occasions:

  • casual clothes

• 1 not taking or not seeming to take much interest:

  • The psychologist's attitude seemed far too casual, even brutal.

  • Security around the conference hotel seemed almost casual.

  • Although close to tears, she tried to make her voice sound casual.

• 2 not regular or fixed:

  • casual labour/labourers/workers

  • casual sex

• 3 not serious or considered, or done by chance:

  • It was just a casual comment, I didn't mean it to be taken so seriously.

  • To a casual observer, everything might appear normal.

• 4 not serious or careful in attitude; only partly interested:

  • a casual glance at a magazine

  • Even to the casual observer, the forgery was obvious.

• 5 not formal; relaxed in style or manner:

  • We have a small office and I am very casual and wear slacks and sports shirts and things like that.

• 6 not regular or frequent; temporary or done sometimes:

  • casual laborers

  • He was only a casual acquaintance – I didn’t know him well.

• 7 not intended or planned:

  • a casual remark

  • casual conversation

• 8 used to describe work that is not permanent, or workers that are not employed permanently but only when a company needs them:

  • casual employee/worker/labourer Most casual workers are paid by the day or hour.

  • casual work/jobs/labour After leaving school she had a range of casual jobs.

  • She does not intend necessarily to give up work but may work on a casual basis.

• 9 casual clothes are informal:

  • casual clothes/dress/attire Research shows that 90% of US companies now allow casual dress regularly.

  • The style of dress in the office could best be described as business casual rather than formal.

• 10 a worker who is not employed permanently but only when a company needs them:

  • On the whole, semi-skilled and unskilled positions are filled by casuals.

• 11 informal clothing:

  • Last January, the firm dispensed with any requirement to wear business suits and about half the staff now opt for casuals.