different between times vs occasions

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada, US) enPR: t?mz, IPA^(key): /ta?mz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /t?emz/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• Rhymes: -a?mz
• Rhymes: -?emz
• Rhymes: -??mz

Noun

times

1. plural of time

times pl (plural only)

1. The circumstances of a certain time.

2. A person's experiences or biography.

Derived terms

Preposition

times

1. (mathematics) multiplied by

   Four times five is twenty.

   One times one is one.

Derived terms

• times-or-divided-by
• times sign
• times table

Related terms

• × (the multiplication sign)

Translations

Verb

times

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of time

Verb

times (third-person singular simple present timeses, present participle timesing, simple past and past participle timesed)

1. (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
   • 1994, Harvey Mellar, Learning with artificial worlds: computer-based modelling in the curriculum

     I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^[sic] the answer was 2460 calories...

   • 1995, Mathematical Association, The Australian mathematics teacher, Volumes 51-53

     A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […]

   • 1998, Psychology of mathematics education, Volume 2

     Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.

   • 1998, W. M. Roth, Designing Communities, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p.31

     […] when the denominator was timesed by three, the same had to be done to the numerator; and so on.

Anagrams

• METIs, MSTie, Metis, Métis, STEMI, e-stim, emits, i-stem, items, metis, mites, métis, setim, smite, stime

Danish

Noun

times c

1. indefinite genitive singular of time

Latin

Verb

tim?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of time?

Portuguese

Noun

times

1. plural of time

Spanish

Verb

times

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of timar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of timar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ke???nz/
• Hyphenation: oc?ca?sions

Noun

occasions

1. plural of occasion

Verb

occasions

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occasion

French

Noun

occasions f

1. plural of occasion