convenience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈviːnɪəns/
ipa: /kənˈvinjəns/
ipa: [kənˈvinjənts]
ipa: /kənˈviːnjəns/
ipa: [kənˈvɪinjəns]
ipa: [kənˈvɪinjənts]
Forms: form: conveniences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance.
Senses: examples: text: Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.
text: Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
text: Thus first Necessity invented stools, / Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs[…]
ref: 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
synonyms: amenity
glosses: The quality of being convenient.
examples: text: A pair of spectacles[…] and several other little conveniences.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
text: ...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;...
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 223:
text: 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.
ref: 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7:
text: It's over there, it's over there / My building has every convenience / It's gonna make life easy for me
ref: 1977, David Byrne, “Don't Worry About the Government”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:
glosses: Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
examples: text: We will come over and begin the work at your convenience.
glosses: A convenient time.
synonyms: word: bathroom
word: latrine
word: necessarium
word: toilet
word: toilet room
word: urinal
word: water closet
word: WC
word: cloaca
word: closet
word: jacques
word: kocay
word: siege
word: cludgie
word: neddy
word: netty
word: shield
word: six
word: facilities
word: ladies and gentlemen
word: lavatory
word: lavabo
word: necessary
word: necessary room
word: office
word: office of ease
word: place
word: potty
word: privy
word: small room
word: smallest room
word: throne room
word: cottage
word: geography
word: House of Lords
word: khazi
word: usual offices
word: restroom
word: teahouse
word: tearoom
word: washroom
raw_tags: used in Canada
word: closet of decency
word: closet of ease
word: house of office
word: necessary place
word: purging place
word: vault
word: withdraught
word: wardrobe
word: shitter
word: urination station
word: bog
word: carsey
word: crapper
word: karzy
word: lats
word: lav
word: lavvy
word: loo
word: thunderbox
raw_tags: in Australia
word: can
word: john
word: johnny
word: bogger
word: brasco
word: dike
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: dunny
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: jacks
word: jakes
glosses: Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
Derived terms: word: disconvenience
word: ultraconvenience
sense: Expressions
word: convenience class
sense: Expressions
word: convenience fee
sense: Expressions
word: convenience food
sense: Expressions
word: convenience method
sense: Expressions
word: convenience sample
sense: Expressions
word: convenience sampling
sense: Expressions
word: convenience store
sense: Expressions
word: flag of convenience
sense: Expressions
word: marriage of convenience
sense: Expressions
word: modern convenience
sense: Expressions
word: public convenience
Related terms: convene
convenient
convent
convention