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

Noun

1. the quality of being suitable or convenient

2. at your convenience at a time suitable to you

3. an object that is useful: a house with every modern convenience

4. Euphemistic, chiefly Brit a public toilet

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

noun 2. suitability, fitness, appropriateness, opportuneness

noun 3. usefulness, utility, serviceability, handiness << OPPOSITE uselessness

noun 4. accessibility, availability, nearness, handiness

noun 5. appliance, facility, comfort, amenity, labour-saving device, help >> 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

Translations

convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n (= comfort) → comodidad f (= advantage); ventaja;

at your earliest convenience (COMM) → tan pronto como le sea posible;

all modern conveniences (BRIT);

all mod cons → todo confort

convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n → commodité f;

at your convenience → quand or comme cela vous convient;

at your earliest convenience (Comm) → dans les meilleurs délais, le plus tôt possible;

all modern conveniences, all mod cons (Brit) → avec tout le confort moderne, tout confort

convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n → Annehmlichkeit f;

(suitability);

the convenience of this arrangement/location → diese günstige Vereinbarung/Lage;

I like the convenience of having a shower → mir gefällt, wie angenehm es ist, eine Dusche zu haben;

I like the convenience of living in the city → mir gefällt, wie praktisch es ist, in der Stadt zu wohnen;

at your convenience → wann es Ihnen passt;

at your earliest convenience → möglichst bald, baldmöglichst;

with all modern conveniences, with all mod cons (Brit) → mit allem modernen Komfort see also public convenience

convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n → comodità f inv;

at your convenience → a suo comodo;

at your earliest convenience (COMM) → appena possibile;

all modern conveniences (BRIT);

all mod cons → tutte le comodità moderne