Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs.
- adjective Easy to reach; accessible.
- adjective Close at hand; near.
- adjective Obsolete Fitting and proper; suitable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fit; suitable; proper; becoming: used absolutely or with to or for.
- Affording certain facilities or accommodation; commodious; serviceable; rendering some act or movement easy of performance or freeing it from obstruction: as, a very convenient staircase; a convenient harbor.
- Opportune; favorable: as, a convenient hour.
- At hand; easily accessible; readily obtained or found when wanted; handy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Archaic Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
- adjective Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly.
- adjective Seasonable; timely; opportune.
- adjective colloq. Near at hand; easy of access.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
convenience ;simple ;easy ;expedient .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- adjective suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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As I see it and this is not an authorized definition, ludology has become a label convenient to use when
thinking with my fingers Torill 2002
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This is what I refer to as convenient mental disability.
unknown title 2009
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Daiwa Health Development (DHD) may strengthen its hand in the market for supplements claiming immune boosting benefits with further launches of what it calls a convenient Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound (RBAC).
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They're located on the left-hand side in convenient "click on this and you go there" format.
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How convenient is the concept of FREE food for your baby, instead of $35 cans of formula?
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- I think the store that I am shopping at, although convenient, is like a Canadian Giant Eagle, and as such will have to find somewhere much cheaper.
get up off your feet / and dance 'til you feel better tragic_elegance 2009
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Here is some fine Nanowrimo manuscript-padding advice in convenient and easy-to-digest Tweet form (a part of us just died as we wrote that) from Famous Writers, courtesy of the very erudite staff of Inkwell Bookstore Their blog is mad fab also.
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They're located on the left-hand side in convenient "click on this and you go there" format.
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What's convenient is Repubs selectively calling pro-choice 'murder' when they believe in the death penalty and they send tens of thousands off to war at the drop of a hat.
Sotomayor calls Roe v. Wade abortion ruling 'settled' law 2009
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How much more convenient is a portable, and always ready foodsource?
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