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convenience

noun
/kənˈviːnɪəns/UK/kənˈvinjəns/US/kənˈviːnjəns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convenientia, from conveniens (“suitable”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”). Doublet of convenance.

  1. borrowed from convenientia

Definitions

  1. The quality of being convenient.

    • Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience.
    • Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape.
    • Thus first Necessity invented stools, / Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs[…]

  2. Any object that makes life more convenient

    Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.

    • A pair of spectacles[…] and several other little conveniences.
    • 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.

  3. A convenient time.

    • We will come over and begin the work at your convenience.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

    2. To make convenient.

      • These are equally viable times and I propose we alternate between the two times in order to convenience as many people as possible.

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Derived

disconvenience, ultraconvenience

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at convenience. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at convenience. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at convenience

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA