convenient
Americanadjective
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suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
- Synonyms:
- advantageous, helpful, useful, serviceable
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at hand; easily accessible.
Their house is convenient to all transportation.
- Synonyms:
- handy
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Obsolete. fitting; suitable.
adjective
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suitable for one's purpose or needs; opportune
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easy to use
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close by or easily accessible; handy
Other Word Forms
- conveniently adverb
- quasi-convenient adjective
- superconvenient adjective
- ultraconvenient adjective
Etymology
Origin of convenient
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from from Latin convenient- (stem of conveniēns ), present participle of convenīre “to be suitable, come together”; convene, -ent
Example Sentences
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Democracy minister Samantha Dixon said: "Our trials will make polling days more convenient and test out the first real changes for over 100 years, bringing our democracy into the 21st Century."
From BBC
“Don’t you think that it’s pretty convenient that it says I’m not supposed to level up tomorrow?”
From Literature
Currently someone can apply for a postal vote if it would be more convenient than visiting the polling station on the day of the election.
From BBC
The NHS was supporting local areas to rollout better and more convenient services, they said.
From BBC
Even if some considered AI a convenient excuse for the layoffs, the downsizing sparked outrage among technology workers.
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