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Webster 1828 Edition
Convenience
CONVENIENCE
, CONVENIENCY,Noun.
1.
Fitness; suitableness; propriety; adaptation of one thing to another, or to circumstances.2.
Commodiousness; ease; freedom from difficulty.Every man must want something for the convenience of his life.
There is another convenience in this method.
3.
That which gives ease; accommodation; that which is suited to wants or necessity A pair of spectacles is a great convenience in old age.4.
Fitness of time or place.Definition 2024
convenience
convenience
English
Noun
convenience (plural conveniences)
- The quality of being convenient.
- Shakespeare
- Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and means
May fit us to our shape.
- Let's further think of this;
- Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.
- Shakespeare
- Those things which make life more convenient.
- Cowper
- Thus first Necessity invented stools,
Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs […]
- Thus first Necessity invented stools,
- Jonathan Swift
- A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences.
- Cowper
- A convenient time
- ...at your convenience...
- (chiefly Britain) Short for public convenience: a public lavatory.
Synonyms
- (the quality of being convenient): amenity
- (public lavatory): See Wikisaurus:bathroom
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Translations
quality of being suitable, useful or convenient
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anything that makes for an easier life
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convenient time
public toilet
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