convenient

[ kuhn-veen-yuhnt ]

/ kənˈvin yənt /

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adjective

suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.

at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation.

Obsolete. fitting; suitable.

Nearby words

convenience, convenience food, convenience store, conveniences, conveniency, convenient, conveniently, convenor, convent, conventicle, convention

Origin of convenient

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin convenient- (stem of conveniēns), present participle of convenīre to be suitable, come together. See convene, -ent

SYNONYMS FOR convenient

1 adapted, serviceable, useful, helpful, advantageous.

2 handy.

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Related forms

con·ven·ient·ly, adverbqua·si-con·ven·ient, adjectivequa·si-con·ven·ient·ly, adverbsu·per·con·ven·ient, adjective

ul·tra·con·ven·ient, adjectiveul·tra·con·ven·ient·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for convenient

Texas is a convenient base for any Christian obsessed with Israel.
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We agreed on the Sheppard Centre shopping mall in north Toronto because it was convenient.
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Frank no longer has his convenient foil from The Lay of the Land, his Tibetan associate Mike Mahoney.
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But Brown has no interest in insularity or convenient resolutions.
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And, as in countless other countries (Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria), LGBT people are a convenient scapegoat.
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If you do get hungry for a second meal, eat at the most convenient time; but do not eat until you have a really earned hunger.
The Science of Being Well|Wallace Delois Wattles
Mrs Gerrarde had a convenient trunk bought at Rochester for the purpose, and assisted herself in laying them up safely.
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan
This would be to degrade Him into the head of a rival sect, which it is convenient for state purposes to make supreme.
The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice
He remained at Caubul with no hope of bringing matters to a favourable issue; but because it was convenient to remain.
History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3)|Sir John William Kaye
As soon after daybreak as possible, monsieur, if that is convenient.
In the Day of Adversity|John Bloundelle-Burton

British Dictionary definitions for convenient

convenient

/ (kənˈviːnɪənt) /

adjective

suitable for one's purpose or needs; opportune

easy to use

close by or easily accessible; handy

Derived Formsconveniently, adverb

Word Origin for convenient

C14: from Latin conveniēns appropriate, fitting, from convenīre to come together, be in accord with, from venīre to come

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Word Origin and History for convenient

convenient

adj.

late 14c., from Latin convenientem (nominative conveniens), present participle of convenire (see convene).

convenient

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