convenient
Americanadjective
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suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
- Synonyms:
- advantageous, helpful, useful, serviceable
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at hand; easily accessible.
Their house is convenient to all transportation.
- Synonyms:
- handy
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Obsolete. fitting; suitable.
adjective
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suitable for one's purpose or needs; opportune
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easy to use
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close by or easily accessible; handy
Other Word Forms
- conveniently adverb
- quasi-convenient adjective
- superconvenient adjective
- ultraconvenient adjective
Etymology
Origin of convenient
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from from Latin convenient- (stem of conveniēns ), present participle of convenīre “to be suitable, come together”; convene, -ent
Example Sentences
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“It just seems too convenient that it’s for Liston and Clarksville and Upper Tyson, and those are the same places where all the kids on the survivors list moved.”
From Literature
Dr Baig says if effective, the tech could be "quite scalable" because it is affordable, convenient and can be easily integrated into existing rehab services.
From BBC
As satisfying or convenient as it may be in the short term to describe ICE officers as inhuman monsters, that will ultimately backfire.
From Salon
“But AI doesn’t leave a convenient gap to move into. Whatever you retrain for, it’s improving at that too.”
The twist was that the Stolzes hadn’t just found a convenient facility.
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