Noun

(en noun)

A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.

* Bible, Rom. vii. 11

Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me.

* Waller

I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.

The time when something happens.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}

An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.

Something which causes something else; a cause.

* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 130:

it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government [...].

(obsolete) An occurrence or incident.

A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.

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Need; requirement, necessity.

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* Jeremy Taylor

after we have served ourselves and our own occasions

* Burke

when my occasions took me into France

A special event or function.

A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

* Spenser

Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, / And entertain with her occasions sly.

Noun

(practices)

Repetition of an activity to improve skill.

He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.

(uncountable) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

She ran a thriving medical practice .

The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

A customary action, habit, or behavior; a manner or routine.

It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.

It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

That may work in theory, but will it work in practice ?

(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice .

Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

* Sir Philip Sidney

He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.

(Francis Bacon)

(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.