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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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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : convenient
Spanish: conveniente, cómodo; adecuado, oportuno (hora),
German: günstig,
Japanese: 都合のよい
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convenient 
c.1374, from L. convenientem (nom. conveniens), prp. of convenire (see convene).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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