convenience

Everyday

1. Convenience is being easy, useful or quick for you, so it saves time or trouble: "for convenience, we eat at school". tree →
2. A convenience is a thing that makes life easier, like a microwave. tree →
3. At your convenience means at a time that suits you. tree →
4. (UK, euphemism, formal) A public convenience is a public toilet. tree →
5. Convenience food is ready-made food that is quick to prepare. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, convenience stores (USA, Canada, Australia; UK corner shops) are small shops open long hours. In UK signs, "public conveniences" means toilets — a polite word. In health lessons, convenience food is quick but often less healthy. Phrases: for convenience, at your convenience, convenience store, convenience food, public conveniences, marriage of convenience.

Examples

• We shop at the convenience store on the corner. tree →
• For convenience, we packed sandwiches. tree →
• Please reply at your earliest convenience. tree →
• The public conveniences are next to the car park. tree →
• A dishwasher is a great convenience. tree →
• Convenience food is quick but can be full of salt. tree →
• Living near school is a real convenience. tree →
• Punctually at eight o'clock my performance closed, for children must go early to bed, and a manager must also consult the convenience of the public. tree →

Note

Adjective: convenient; opposite: inconvenience. Spelling: -ience, not -iance. "Public conveniences" is a British euphemism for toilets.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life, convenience stores (USA, Canada, Australia; UK corner shops) are small shops open long hours. In UK signs, "public conveniences" means toilets — a polite word. In health lessons, convenience food is quick but often less healthy. Phrases: for convenience, at your convenience, convenience store, convenience food, public conveniences, marriage of convenience.

Examples

• For convenience of study I have placed the Notes in a separate form at the end of the work, and I have made a short definition of the subject-matter of each chapter. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Adjective: convenient; opposite: inconvenience. Spelling: -ience, not -iance. "Public conveniences" is a British euphemism for toilets.