CONVENIENCE

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget

(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

convenience

(noun) the quality of being useful and convenient; “they offered the convenience of an installment plan”

convenience

(noun) the state of being suitable or opportune; “chairs arranged for his own convenience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

convenience (countable and uncountable, plural conveniences)

The quality of being convenient.

Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.

A convenient time.

(chiefly, British) Clipping of public convenience: a public lavatory.

Synonyms

• (the quality of being convenient): amenity

• (public lavatory): See bathroom

Verb

convenience (third-person singular simple present conveniences, present participle conveniencing, simple past and past participle convenienced)

To make convenient

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*ven"ience, Con*ven"ien*cy, n. Etym: [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.]

1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak. With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.

2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper. We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor.

3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.

4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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