Meaning of Convenience | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality of being convenient.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
   countable, uncountable
3. A convenient time.
   countable, uncountable
4. Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
   British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Fast food is popular because of its cost⟳ and convenience.”

“Let's further think⟳ of this; / Weigh⟳ what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape⟳.”

“Thus first Necessity invented stools, / Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs[…]”

“A pair of spectacles[…] and several other little conveniences.”

“...let⟳ Fanchette come⟳ in a hackney-coach in the morning, and I will direct⟳ the housekeeper to send⟳ you something of every thing—plate, candlesticks, lamps, damask—and you won't take⟳ it amiss if we should happen⟳ to have⟳ game or poultry come⟳ up that I put⟳ that amongst the conveniences;...”

“There was a bookshelf with a number⟳ of tattered volumes, and a few conveniences in the way of cupboards, which appeared to have⟳ been contrived out of a packing case by a hasty man, with a blunt axe.”

“It's over there, it's over there / My building has every convenience / It's gonna make⟳ life easy for me”

“We will come⟳ over and begin⟳ the work⟳ at your convenience.”

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