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convenient

Pronunciation: /kənˈviːnɪənt/

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Definition of convenient

adjective

  • fitting in well with a person’s needs, activities, and plans:I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient
  • involving little trouble or effort:the new car park will make shopping much more convenient
  • (convenient for) situated so as to allow easy access to:the site would have to be convenient for London
  • helpfully placed or occurring:guests were relaxing beneath a convenient palm tree

Derivatives

conveniently

adverb
[sentence adverb]:he lived, conveniently, in Paris

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'befitting, becoming, suitable'): from Latin convenient- 'assembling, agreeing, fitting', from the verb convenire (see convene)

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