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convenience

/kənˈvinjəns/

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What does convenience mean?

noun

  1. The quality of being convenient.
  2. Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
  3. A convenient time.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).

verb

  1. To make convenient.

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IPA pronunciation

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The captive register then acts as a flag of convenience register, except that it is not the register of an independent state.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
I’ll beat him, by my life, if I can meet him with any convenience, an he were double and double a lord.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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Farfrae, who had already taken the yards and stores, had acquired possession of the house for the obvious convenience of its contiguity.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
The next morning, I sent a messenger with a letter, requesting him to join me at the hotel, at his earliest convenience.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925