convenience

con·ven·ience  (kn-vnyns)

n.

1. The quality of being suitable to one's comfort, purposes, or needs: the convenience of living near shops, schools, and libraries.

2. Personal comfort or advantage: services that promote the customer's convenience.

3. Something that increases comfort or saves work: household conveniences such as a washing machine, an electric can opener, and disposable diapers. See Synonyms at amenity.

4. A suitable or agreeable time: Fill out the form at your earliest convenience.

5. Chiefly British A lavatory.

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convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns]

n

1. the state or quality of being suitable or opportune the convenience of the hour

2. a convenient time or situation

at your convenience at a time suitable to you

at your earliest convenience Formal as soon as possible

5. usefulness, comfort, or facility

6. an object that is particularly useful, esp a labour-saving device

7. Euphemistic chiefly Brit a lavatory, esp a public one

make a convenience of to take advantage of; impose upon

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	convenience - the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience" comfort, comfortableness - a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
	2.	convenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan" suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips" opportuneness, patness, timeliness - timely convenience accessibility, availability, availableness, handiness - the quality of being at hand when needed inconvenience - the quality of not being useful or convenient
	3.	convenience - a toilet that is available to the public comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room facility - something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities" ladies' room, powder room - a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building latrine - a public toilet in a military area men's, men's room - a public toilet for men john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
	4.	convenience - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" gadgetry - appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry" gimbal - an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injector - a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod con - modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house

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convenience

noun

1. benefit, good, interest, advantage He was happy to make a detour for her convenience.

2. suitability, fitness, appropriateness, opportuneness She was delighted with the convenience of this arrangement.

3. usefulness, utility, serviceability, handiness The convenience of digital cameras means that more and more people are buying them nowadays.
usefulness inconvenience, uselessness

4. accessibility, availability, nearness, handiness They miss the convenience of London's tubes and buses.

5. appliance, facility, comfort, amenity, labour-saving device, help The chalets have all the modern conveniences.

at your convenience at a suitable time, at your leisure, in your own time, whenever you like, in your spare time, in a spare moment Please call me to set up an appointment at your convenience.

Translations

convenience [kənˈviːniəns]

A. N

1. (= comfort) → comodidad f; (= advantage) → ventaja f, provecho m
at your earliest convenience → tan pronto como le sea posible
you can do it at your own convenience → puede hacerlo cuando le venga mejor or (LAm) le convenga
for your convenience an envelope is enclosed → para facilitar su contestación adjuntamos un sobre
it is a great convenience to be so close → resulta muy práctico estar tan cerca

2. (= amenity) → comodidad f, confort m
see public C
see modern

B. CPD convenience foods NPL → comidas fpl fáciles de preparar; (= ready-cooked meals) → platos mpl preparados

convenience [kənˈviːniəns] n

(= ease) → commodité f
for sb's convenience (= to suit sb) → à la convenance de qn
at your convenience (when you prefer) → quand cela vous convient; (as you prefer) → comme cela vous convient
at your earliest convenience → dans les meilleurs délais, le plus tôt possible

(= piece of equipment) → confort m
all modern conveniences (= all mod cons) (British) → avec tout le confort moderne, tout confort
convenience foods npl (= ingredients) → aliments mpl tout préparé (= complete dishes) → plats mpl cuisinés
convenience store (mainly US) n → commerce qui reste ouvert tard le soir)m de proximité >

convenience

n

no pl (= usefulness, advantageousness) → Annehmlichkeit f; (= functionalness) → Zweckmäßigkeit f; for the sake of convenience → aus praktischen Gründen; marriage of convenience → Vernunftehe f

no pl for your convenience → zum gefälligen Gebrauch; these chairs are for the convenience of customers → diese Stühle sind für unsere Kunden gedacht; he did not find that date to his convenience → der Termin passte ihm nicht or kam ihm nicht gelegen; at your own convenience → zu einem Ihnen angenehmen Zeitpunkt, wann es Ihnen passt (inf); at your earliest convenience (Comm) → möglichst bald, baldmöglichst (form)

(= convenient thing, amenity) → Annehmlichkeit f; a house with all modern conveniences → ein Haus mit allem modernen Komfort

(Brit form: = public convenience) → (öffentliche) Toilette, Bedürfnisanstalt f (dated form)

convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n

a. (of house, plan, person) → comodità
at your earliest convenience (Comm) → appena possibile
at your convenience → a suo comodo

b. conveniences npl (amenities, of house) → comodità fpl
all modern conveniences (Brit) all mod cons → tutte le comodità moderne

c. (frm) (toilet) → gabinetto

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convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n

a. (of house, plan, person) → comodità
at your earliest convenience (Comm) → appena possibile
at your convenience → a suo comodo

b. conveniences npl (amenities, of house) → comodità fpl
all modern conveniences (Brit) all mod cons → tutte le comodità moderne

c. (frm) (toilet) → gabinetto