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- [kuh n-veen-yuh ns]
- /kənˈvin yəns/
- /kənˈviː.ni.əns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh n-veen-yuh ns]
- /kənˈvin yəns/
Definitions of convenience word
- uncountable noun convenience If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you. 3
- countable noun convenience If you describe something as a convenience, you mean that it is very useful. 3
- countable noun convenience Conveniences are pieces of equipment designed to make your life easier. 3
- countable noun convenience A public convenience is a building containing toilets which is provided in a public place for anyone to use. 3
- noun convenience the state or quality of being suitable or opportune 3
- noun convenience a convenient time or situation 3
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Origin of convenience
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin convenientia harmony, agreement. See convenient, -ence
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Parts of speech for Convenience
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
convenience popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for convenience
noun convenience
- amenity — Amenities are things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
verb convenience
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- put oneself out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
- humouring — humor.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
Antonyms for convenience
noun convenience
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
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