"convenience" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈviːnɪəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈvinjəns/ [General-American], [kənˈvinjənts] [General-American], /kənˈviːnjəns/ [General-Australian], [kənˈvɪinjəns] [General-Australian], [kənˈvɪinjənts] [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-convenience.ogg Forms: conveniences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{bor|en|la|convenientia}} Latin convenientia, {{doublet|en|convenance}} Doublet of convenance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} convenience (countable and uncountable, plural conveniences)
  1. The quality of being convenient. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: amenity Translations (quality of being suitable, useful or convenient): مُلَاءَمَة (mulāʔama) [feminine] (Arabic), مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba) [feminine] (Arabic), সুবিধা (xubidha) (Assamese), egokitasun (Basque), зру́чнасць (zrúčnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), সুবিধা (śubidha) (Bengali), আসান (aśan) (Bengali), удо́бство (udóbstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conveniència [feminine] (Catalan), 方便 (fāngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 便利 (biànlì) (Chinese Mandarin), pohodlí [neuter] (Czech), kätevyys (Finnish), convenance [feminine] (French), Bequemlichkeit [feminine] (German), άνεση (ánesi) [feminine] (Greek), נוחות (nokhut) [feminine] (Hebrew), सुविधा (suvidhā) [feminine] (Hindi), kényelem (Hungarian), aosáid [feminine] (Irish), conveniente (Italian), 便宜 (bengi) (Japanese), 便利 (benri) (Japanese), 利便 (riben) (Japanese), commoditas [feminine] (Latin), ērtība [feminine] (Latvian), wygoda [feminine] (Polish), conveniência [feminine] (Portuguese), comodidade [feminine] (Portuguese), удо́бство (udóbstvo) [neuter] (Russian), приго́дность (prigódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pohodlie [neuter] (Slovak), conveniencia (Spanish), зру́чність (zrúčnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-convenience-en-noun-9KnqVh-O Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 39 16 3 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 15 4 39 6 Disambiguation of 'quality of being suitable, useful or convenient': 86 5 5 4
  2. Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-convenience-en-noun-aMhONpl2 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 39 16 3 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 15 4 39 6
  3. A convenient time. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (convenient time): wanneer het goed uitkomt (Dutch), sopiva aika (Finnish), silloin kun Teille sopii (english: at your convenience) (Finnish), άνεση (ánesi) [feminine] (Greek), alkalmas/megfelelő időpont (Hungarian), amikor Önnek megfelel/alkalmas (Hungarian), a tempo debito (Italian), возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-convenience-en-noun-mhk1L9nx Disambiguation of 'convenient time': 10 8 81 0
  4. (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience: a public lavatory. Tags: British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: public convenience (extra: a public lavatory) Synonyms: bathroom
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: convene, convenient, convent, convention Translations (anything that makes for an easier life): erosotasun (Basque), আসান (aśan) (Bengali), улесне́ние (ulesnénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conveniència [feminine] (Catalan), 便利 (biànlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 方便 (fāngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), mukavuus (Finnish), commodité [feminine] (French), avantage [masculine] (French), Annehmlichkeit [feminine] (German), Bequemlichkeit [feminine] (German), ευκολία (efkolía) [feminine] (Greek), άνεση (ánesi) [feminine] (Greek), komfort [broadly] (Hungarian), szolgáltatás (Hungarian), kellék (Hungarian), felszerelés (Hungarian), comodità (Italian), 便宜 (bengi) (Japanese), 便利 (benri) (Japanese), 利便 (riben) (Japanese), commodum [neuter] (Latin), ērtība [feminine] (Latvian), udogodnienie [neuter] (Polish), conveniência [feminine] (Portuguese), comodidade [feminine] (Portuguese), удо́бство (udóbstvo) [neuter] (Russian), comodidad [feminine] (Spanish), conveniencia (Spanish), bekvämlighet [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (public toilet): обществена тоалетна (obštestvena toaletna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mukavuuslaitos (Finnish), commodités [feminine, plural] (French), nyilvános WC/mosdó (Hungarian), nyilvános illemhely [dated, formal] (Hungarian), bagno pubblico (Italian), удо́бства (udóbstva) [neuter, plural] (Russian)
Derived forms: disconvenience [obsolete], ultraconvenience, convenience class, convenience food, convenience method, convenience sampling, convenience store, flag of convenience, marriage of convenience, modern convenience, public convenience Disambiguation of 'anything that makes for an easier life': 9 44 2 46 Disambiguation of 'public toilet': 50 5 0 45

Verb

IPA: /kənˈviːnɪəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈvinjəns/ [General-American], [kənˈvinjənts] [General-American], /kənˈviːnjəns/ [General-Australian], [kənˈvɪinjəns] [General-Australian], [kənˈvɪinjənts] [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-convenience.ogg Forms: conveniences [present, singular, third-person], conveniencing [participle, present], convenienced [participle, past], convenienced [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{bor|en|la|convenientia}} Latin convenientia, {{doublet|en|convenance}} Doublet of convenance Head templates: {{en-verb}} convenience (third-person singular simple present conveniences, present participle conveniencing, simple past and past participle convenienced)
  1. To make convenient
    Sense id: en-convenience-en-verb-ZsPrhqLh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "...let Fanchette come in a hackney-coach in the morning, and I will direct the housekeeper to send you something of every thing—plate, candlesticks, lamps, damask—and you won't take it amiss if we should happen to have game or poultry come up that I put that amongst the conveniences;...",
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      "word": "convenience method"
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      "word": "convenience sampling"
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      "word": "convenience store"
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      "word": "flag of convenience"
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          "text": "Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.",
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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:",
          "text": "Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape.",
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          "ref": "1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Thus first Necessity invented stools, / Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs[…]",
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          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):",
          "text": "A pair of spectacles[…] and several other little conveniences.",
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          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 223:",
          "text": "...let Fanchette come in a hackney-coach in the morning, and I will direct the housekeeper to send you something of every thing—plate, candlesticks, lamps, damask—and you won't take it amiss if we should happen to have game or poultry come up that I put that amongst the conveniences;...",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Don't Worry About the Government”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:",
          "text": "It's over there, it's over there / My building has every convenience / It's gonna make life easy for me",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāngbiàn",
      "sense": "quality of being suitable, useful or convenient",
      "word": "方便"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "quality of being suitable, useful or convenient",
      "word": "便利"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Bequemlichkeit"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "quality of being suitable, useful or convenient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "άνεση"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "נוחות"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "quality of being suitable, useful or convenient",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "सुविधा"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "kényelem"
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      "word": "ērtība"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "quality of being suitable, useful or convenient",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "erosotasun"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "aśan",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "আসান"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ulesnénie",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "conveniència"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànlì",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "便利"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāngbiàn",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "方便"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "mukavuus"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Annehmlichkeit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ευκολία"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ánesi",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "άνεση"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
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      "word": "komfort"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "szolgáltatás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "kellék"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "felszerelés"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "comodità"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "bengi",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "便宜"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "benri",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "便利"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "riben",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "commodum"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ērtība"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "udogodnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conveniência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "comodidade"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "udóbstvo",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удо́бство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "comodidad"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "word": "conveniencia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anything that makes for an easier life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bekvämlighet"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "word": "wanneer het goed uitkomt"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "word": "sopiva aika"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "at your convenience",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "word": "silloin kun Teille sopii"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánesi",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "άνεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "word": "alkalmas/megfelelő időpont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "convenient time",
      "word": "amikor Önnek megfelel/alkalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "convenient time",
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