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noun

convenience

kuhn-VEE-neerns
noun
1
The quality of being easy, useful, or suitable for one's needs.
"For convenience, the store stays open until midnight."
"They chose the hotel for its convenience to the airport."

How to Use Convenience

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In plain EnglishHow easy or handy something is to use or get to.

Common pairings
for convenience convenience store at your convenience

Word Forms

convenienced past tense, conveniences singular

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For _____, the store stays open until midnight.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens ("suitable, fitting"), present participle of convenire ("to come together, suit"); a doublet of convenance.

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