convenience

[ kuhn-veen-yuhns ]

/ kənˈvin yəns /

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noun

the quality of being convenient; suitability.

anything that saves or simplifies work, adds to one's ease or comfort, etc., as an appliance, utensil, or the like.

a convenient situation or time: at your convenience.

advantage or accommodation: a shelter for the convenience of travelers.

Chiefly British. water closet(def 1).

adjective

easy to obtain, use, or reach; made for convenience: convenience utensils that can be discarded after use.

Nearby words

convective heat, convector, convenance, convene, convener, convenience, convenience food, convenience store, conveniences, conveniency, convenient

Origin of convenience

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin convenientia harmony, agreement. See convenient, -ence

SYNONYMS FOR convenience

1 utility, handiness, availability.

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Examples from the Web for conveniences

“For conveniences and shops where you can buy what you need,” it is much easier, he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They installed a fish pond, equipped with water pump and lights, and they constructed shelves and other conveniences for him.
Hoover’s Secret Files|Ronald Kessler|August 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
All these comforts and conveniences have a way of making Japan feel less foreign—almost, I dare say, like any other major city.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Little old New York will take a few select summer boarders; comforts and conveniences of homes—that's the ad.
The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry

It remains to speak of those tools which are not essentials, but conveniences, to painting.
The Painter in Oil|Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
The people were too busy with their search for gold and profits to think much of the conveniences or luxuries of life.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands|George Francis Train
Even the plan has been in places destroyed to obtain rooms of a more suitable width for the conveniences of European life.
Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond|Budgett Meakin
Man, by his nature, is fitted for society, and society by its conveniences is fitted for man.
Thomas Jefferson|Gilbert Chinard

British Dictionary definitions for conveniences

convenience

/ (kənˈviːnɪəns) /

noun

the state or quality of being suitable or opportunethe convenience of the hour

a convenient time or situation

at your convenience at a time suitable to you

at your earliest convenience formal as soon as possible

usefulness, comfort, or facility

an object that is particularly useful, esp a labour-saving device

euphemistic, mainly British a lavatory, esp a public one

make a convenience of to take advantage of; impose upon

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Word Origin and History for conveniences (1 of 2)

conveniences

"material appliances conducive to personal comfort," 1670s, plural of convenience.

Word Origin and History for conveniences (1 of 2)

convenience

late 14c., "agreement, conformity," from Latin convenientia "meeting together, agreement, harmony," from conveniens, present participle of convenire (see convene). Meaning "suitable, adapted to existing conditions" is from c.1600; that of "personally not difficult" is from 1703.

Idioms and Phrases with conveniences

convenience

see at one's convenience.

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