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kənˈvin yəntcon·ve·nient

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. convenientadjective

    suited to your comfort or purpose or needs

    "a convenient excuse for not going"

  2. commodious, convenientadjective

    large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)

    "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"

Wiktionary

  1. convenientadjective

    Of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient.

    Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.

  2. Etymology: From convenient, from conveniens, present participle of convenire; see convene and compare covenant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CONVENIENTadjective

    Etymology: conveniens, Latin.

    The least and most trivial episodes, or under actions, are either necessary or convenient; either so necessary that without them the poem must be imperfect, or so convenient that no others can be imagined more suitable to the place in which they are. John Dryden, Æneid. Dedication to the.

    Health itself is but a kind of temper, gotten and preserved by a convenient mixture of contrarieties. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8.

    There are some arts that are peculiarly convenient to some particular nations. John Tillotson.

Wikipedia

  1. convenient

    Convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration. A modern convenience is a labor-saving device, service or substance which make a task easier or more efficient than a traditional method. Convenience is a relative concept, and depends on context. For example, automobiles were once considered a convenience, yet today are regarded as a normal part of life. Because differences in lifestyles around the world, the term is a relative term based upon the conveniences previously available to a person or group. For instance, an American definition of 'modern convenience' is likely different from that of an individual living in a developing country. Most of the time, the term 'modern convenience' is used to express personal lifestyle and home life.

ChatGPT

  1. convenient

    Convenient is an adjective which describes something that fits well with particular needs, activities, or plans, serves personal comfort or reduces difficulty or trouble. It can also refer to something that is suitable, practical and easy to use or reach from a certain location.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Convenientverb

    fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate

  2. Convenientverb

    affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools

  3. Convenientverb

    seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season

  4. Convenientverb

    near at hand; easy of access

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Convenient

    kon-vēn′yent, adj. suitable: handy: commodious.—adj. Conven′able (obs.), fitting.—ns. Conven′ience, Conven′iency, suitableness: an advantage: any particular domestic accommodation, as a closet, &c.—adv. Conven′iently. [L. convenīre.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'convenient' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4496

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'convenient' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4804

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'convenient' in Adjectives Frequency: #597

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of convenient in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of convenient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of convenient in a Sentence

  1. Guillaume Bression:

    (Koriyama) is close, but I did not know how this place was devastated until now. what we really wanted is to focus the discussion on what the inhabitants express right now and have to face in the future. The main problem right now is 80,000 people are still evacuated, they live in crappy houses or apartments that are not convenient for them. Some want to go back. Some don't. We want to talk about the social issues that the crisis has caused, not the crisis itself.

  2. Allen Williams:

    Initially it was panic buying, but it has gone far beyond that now, they're discovering an entirely new way to buy food and they're discovering it's pretty dad-gum convenient.

  3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

    It may be politically convenient, and it may make you look good in the short term for saying, Oh were not voting for pay increases, but we should be fighting for pay increases for every American worker, we should be fighting for a $ 15 minimum wage pegged to inflation so that everybody in the United States with a salary with a wage gets a cost of living increase.Members of Congress, retail workers, everybody should get cost of living increases to accommodate for the changes in our economy. And then when we dont do that, it only increases the pressure on members to exploit loopholes like insider-trading loopholes, to make it on the back end.

  4. New York.In her opening monologue:

    I'm about as fashionable as Kanye West is black. Only when it's convenient, that joke was my choice, just like slavery.

  5. Mahmoud Vaezi:

    We don't see a problem with women attending if the atmosphere in stadiums is convenient... but with so much foul language among fans and violence, this is not advisable.

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