convenient

Everyday

1. Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble. tree →
2. Suitable for someone's plans or time. tree →
3. Near and easy to get to. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life it describes shops, times and food ("convenience food"). In stories, a "convenient excuse" may be a lie. Phrases: "at a convenient time", "convenient for", "convenience store", "conveniently forgot".

Examples

• The shop is convenient because it's next to school. tree →
• Is Saturday convenient for you? tree →
• Microwave meals are convenient but not always healthy. tree →
• He conveniently forgot to do the washing-up. tree →
• It's convenient to have a bus stop outside our house. tree →
• A convenience store is open late. tree →
• And the griffin does the housework--his wings are so convenient and feathery for sweeping and dusting. tree →

Note

Spelling: con-ven-ient. Opposite: inconvenient. "Convenient for" a person, place or time.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life it describes shops, times and food ("convenience food"). In stories, a "convenient excuse" may be a lie. Phrases: "at a convenient time", "convenient for", "convenience store", "conveniently forgot".

Examples

• Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• A decimal system of notation without the principle of position was in ancient times considered more convenient than a decimal system of notation based upon the principle of position. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Spelling: con-ven-ient. Opposite: inconvenient. "Convenient for" a person, place or time.