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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVENIENT, a. Fit; suitable; proper; adapted to use or to wants; commodious; followed by to or for; usually by for.
Some arts are peculiarly convenient to particular nations.
Feed me with food convenient for me. Proverbs 30.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going" [ant: inconvenient]
2: large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense); "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions" [syn: commodious, convenient] [ant: incommodious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin convenient-, conveniens, from present participle of convenire to assemble, come together, be suitable, from com- + venire to come — more at come Date: 14th century 1. obsolete suitable, proper 2. a. suited to personal comfort or to easy performance <meeting at a convenient time> b. suited to a particular situation <a convenient excuse> c. affording accommodation or advantage <found it convenient to deal with both problems at the same time> 3. being near at hand ; close <a location convenient to the train station> • conveniently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (often foll. by for, to) a serving one's comfort or interests; easily accessible. b suitable. c free of trouble or difficulty. 2 available or occurring at a suitable time or place (will try to find a convenient moment). 3 well situated for some purpose (convenient for the shops). Derivatives: conveniently adv. Etymology: ME (as CONVENE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Convenient Con*ven"ient (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.] 1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] Feed me with food convenient for me. --Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. --Eph. v. 4. 2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. 3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25. 4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. --Thackeray. Syn: Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose. ...a flexible and convenient way of paying for business expenses... The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen. ? inconvenient ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • convenience They may use a credit card for convenience. N-UNCOUNT • conveniently The body spray slips conveniently into your sports bag for freshening up after a game. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl 2. If you describe a place as convenient, you are pleased because it is near to where you are, or because you can reach another place from there quickly and easily. The town is well placed for easy access to London and convenient for Heathrow Airport... Martin drove along until he found a convenient parking place. = handy ADJ: oft ADJ for n [approval] • conveniently It was very conveniently situated just across the road from the City Reference Library... ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, also ADV after v, ADV with cl 3. A convenient time to do something, for example to meet someone, is a time when you are free to do it or would like to do it. Would this evening be convenient for you? ? inconvenient ADJ 4. If you describe someone's attitudes or actions as convenient, you think they are only adopting those attitudes or performing those actions in order to avoid something difficult or unpleasant. We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs... It does seem a bit convenient, doesn't it? ADJ [disapproval] • conveniently They've conveniently forgotten the risk of heart disease... Conveniently, he had developed amnesia about that part of his life. ADV: usu ADV before v, also ADV with cl

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon-ven'-yent: In the Revised Version (British and American) limited to translation of kairos, "suitable time," "season," and its compounds: "that which is seasonable" or "opportune" (Mr 6:21; Ac 24:25). the King James Version is replaced, in Pr 30:8 the Revised Version (British and American), by "needful" (Hebrew choq), "feed me with the food that is needful for me"; Jer 40:4, by "right"; Eph 5:4, by "befitting"; in Ro 1:28, by "fitting," and in 1Co 16:12, by "opportunity."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Fit, suitable, proper, appropriate, adapted, suited. 2. Commodious, advantageous, useful, serviceable, helpful, beneficial, comfortable.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A mistress. Cant.

Moby Thesaurus

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