convenience

con·ven·ience

C0612800 (kən-vēn′yəns)n.1. The quality of being suitable to one's comfort, purposes, or needs: the convenience of living near shops, schools, and libraries.2. Personal comfort or advantage: services that promote the customer's convenience.3. Something that increases comfort or saves work: household conveniences such as a washing machine, an electric can opener, and disposable diapers. See Synonyms at amenity.4. A suitable or agreeable time: Fill out the form at your earliest convenience.5. Chiefly British A lavatory.

convenience

(kənˈviːnɪəns) n1. the state or quality of being suitable or opportune: the convenience of the hour. 2. a convenient time or situation3. at your convenience at a time suitable to you4. at your earliest convenience formal as soon as possible5. usefulness, comfort, or facility6. an object that is particularly useful, esp a labour-saving device7. euphemistic chiefly Brit a lavatory, esp a public one8. make a convenience of to take advantage of; impose upon

con•ven•ience

(kənˈvin yəns)

n. 1. the quality of being convenient. 2. anything, as an appliance, that saves or simplifies work or adds to one's ease or comfort. 3. a convenient situation or time: at your convenience. 4. advantage or accommodation; comfort. 5. Chiefly Brit. lavatory. adj. 6. easy to obtain, use, or reach; made for convenience. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	convenience - the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience"comfort, comfortableness - a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
	2.	convenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"opportuneness, patness, timeliness - timely convenienceaccessibility, availability, availableness, handiness - the quality of being at hand when neededinconvenience - the quality of not being useful or convenient
	3.	convenience - a toilet that is available to the publiccomfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash roomfacility - something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"ladies' room, powder room - a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) buildinglatrine - a public toilet in a military areamen's, men's room - a public toilet for menjohn, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
	4.	convenience - a device or control that is very useful for a particular jobappliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widgetdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"gadgetry - appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry"gimbal - an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tipsinjector - a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)mod con - modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house

convenience

noun1. benefit, good, interest, advantage He was happy to make a detour for her convenience.2. suitability, fitness, appropriateness, opportuneness She was delighted with the convenience of this arrangement.3. usefulness, utility, serviceability, handiness The convenience of digital cameras means that more and more people are buying them nowadays.
usefulness inconvenience, uselessness4. accessibility, availability, nearness, handiness They miss the convenience of London's tubes and buses.5. appliance, facility, comfort, amenity, labour-saving device, help The chalets have all the modern conveniences.at your convenience at a suitable time, at your leisure, in your own time, whenever you like, in your spare time, in a spare moment Please call me to set up an appointment at your convenience.

convenience

nounAnything that increases physical comfort:amenity, comfort, facility (often used in plural).

Translations

便利设施公共厕所方便

convenient

(kənˈviːnjənt) adjective1. suitable; not causing trouble or difficulty. When would it be convenient for me to come? 合適的，方便的 方便的，合适的 2. easy to use, run etc. a convenient size of house. 實用的，好用的 实用的3. easy to reach etc; accessible. Keep this in a convenient place. 方便取得的 近便的conˈveniently adverb 方便地 方便地conˈvenience noun1. the state or quality of being convenient; freedom from trouble or difficulty. the convenience of living near the office. 便利性 方便2. any means of giving ease or comfort. the conveniences of modern life. 便利設施 便利设施3. (also public convenience) a public lavatory. 公共廁所 公共厕所