convenient
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adjective \kən-ˈvēn-yənt\Definition of CONVENIENT
2
a : suited to personal comfort or to easy performance <meeting at a convenient time> b : suited to a particular situation <a convenient excuse> c : affording accommodation or advantage <found it convenient to deal with both problems at the same time>
3
: being near at hand : close <a location convenient to the train station>
— con·ve·nient·ly adverb
See Examples of CONVENIENT
- When is a convenient time for you to meet?
- The controls are located in a convenient spot on the dashboard.
- It might be more convenient to use a calculator, rather than adding the numbers yourself.
- a convenient method of cleaning windows
- Schools, churches, and stores are all convenient from here.
- The power failure was a convenient excuse to leave work early.
- The economic recession gave lawmakers a convenient pretext for passing the bill.
- “You know, you have a very convenient way, Alsi, of forgetting what happened two minutes ago.” —Zadie Smith, White Teeth, (2000) 2001
- It was more convenient to take my meals in bed, where all I had to do was push away my tray with its uneaten food and fall back upon my pillows … —Stanley Elkin, Harper's, January 1993
- … at last, after a dreadful struggle in a difficult place where there seemed to be no convenient branches at all, he got near the top. —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937
- The Horses I would have you send to some good pasture … if you can find one convenient. —George Washington, 10 May 1756, in The Papers of George Washington, 1984
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Origin of CONVENIENT
Middle English, from Latin convenient-, conveniens, from present participle of convenire to assemble, come together, be suitable, from com- + venire to come — more at come
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to CONVENIENT
- Synonyms
- accessible, handy, reachable, at hand, to hand
- Antonyms
- inaccessible, inconvenient, unhandy, unreachable, untouchable
Rhymes with CONVENIENT
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