Meaning of Convenience | Babel Free
kənˈviːnɪənsDefinitions
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The quality of being convenient. countable, uncountable
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Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item. countable, uncountable
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A convenient time. countable, uncountable
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Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”). British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Equivalents
Bosanski
ais
Català
conveniència
Čeština
pohodlí
עברית
נוחות
Hrvatski
ais
Bahasa Indonesia
kemudahan
Kurdî
hela
Latviešu
ērtība
Nederlands
wanneer het goed uitkomt
Српски
ais
Svenska
bekvämlighet
ไทย
เหลา
Українська
зручність
اردو
سہولت
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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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