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Convenient

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con⋅ven⋅ient

  [kuhn-veen-yuhnt]
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–adjective
1. suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
2. at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation.
3. Obsolete. fitting; suitable.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L convenient- (s. of conveniēns), prp. of convenīre to be suitable, come together. See convene, -ent

Related forms:
con⋅ven⋅ient⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. adapted, serviceable, useful, helpful, advantageous. 2. handy.
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con·ven·ient   (kən-vēn'yənt)   
adj.  

  1. Suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: a convenient time to receive guests; a convenient excuse for not going.

    1. Easy to reach; accessible: a bank with branches at six convenient locations.

    2. Close at hand; near: an apartment that is convenient to shopping and transportation.

  3. Obsolete Fitting and proper; suitable.


[Middle English, from Latin conveniēns, convenient-, present participle of convenīre, to be suitable, fit; see convene.]
con·ven'ient·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

convenient 
c.1374, from L. convenientem (nom. conveniens), prp. of convenire (see convene).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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