convenience
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- noun
- /kənˈviːniəns/
- Many people appreciate the convenience of online shopping from home.
- for the sake of convenience
- comfort and convenience
- a matter of convenience
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Watch on YouTubeLet's just keep going for cost, for convenience sake, just because we can.
- Let's just keep going for cost, for convenience sake, just because we can.
- You trade freedom and privacy for convenience and comfort and speed.
- So yeah, it's pricing, the convenience over correctness.
- Now, it's just, well, is it a convenience or not?
- So, yeah, it's always a balance between convenience and control.
- You know, this is the, this is where people can become slaves to convenience, right?
- It's more like convenience and trying to be smart.
- But the, but the consumer wants convenience and wants, I mean, they want to be safe.
- But these are all just based on convenience.
Examples
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The status and convenience of the personal car would become the dominant means of transport.
Academic text (2012) -
Please call us back at your earliest convenience.
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We value time and convenience over everything.
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I love this product for its convenience, its quality.
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Still quite expensive, but convenience costs none of that really.
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So, yeah, it's always a balance between convenience and control.
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Everybody likes the convenience of a hard copy.
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It's a good day's walk to get downtown, but there are convenience stores a lot closer than that.
Fiction book (1998) -
Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
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It is a marriage of convenience.
Synonyms
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3.5
The quality of being useful for a particular purpose
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1.6
How much something helps people in practical situations
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1.7
Being easy to understand and not complicated
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3.4
How easy it is for people to reach or use something
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3.8
How easy and quick something is to use
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5.2
How easy something is to understand or use without help
A measure of how well something works for people
Antonyms
Compounds
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1.0
A small shop that sells snacks, drinks and basic groceries and is often open late
How Convenient
Surface Forms
Morphology
convenience = convenient (transparent) = convenient + ence
This sense is the abstract noun formed from the adjective 'convenient', denoting the quality or state of being convenient.
Etymology
Convenience comes from the Latin convenire, 'to come together', and through French it gained the sense of 'suitability' or ease. That's why convenience means the quality of being easy, useful, or right for a particular purpose.