convenience Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being suitable or opportune
    • chairs arranged for his own convenience
  2. noun the quality of being useful and convenient
    • they offered the convenience of an installment plan
  3. noun a toilet that is available to the public
    comfort station; wash room; public convenience; restroom; public toilet; public lavatory; toilet facility.
  4. noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
    contraption; gismo; gadget; appliance; widget; contrivance; gizmo.

WordNet

Con*ven"ience, Con*ven"ien*cy noun (Also<
  • Convenience
  • Conveniency
)
Etymology
L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
    Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
    With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
  2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
    Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper.
    We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor.
  3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.
    A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.
  4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.

Webster 1913