convenient

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled conwenient

US /kənˈvinjənt/ UK /kənˈviːniənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5198

Meanings

1

adj
Useful, easy to use, and suited to your needs.

Online shopping is convenient because you can do it from home.
2

adj
Suspiciously well-timed for someone's own purposes.

How convenient that you got sick the night before the exam.

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1 adj · useful, easy to use, and... easy handy expedient

Word family

Derived forms convenientnessdisconvenientnonconvenientsuperconvenientultraconvenientunconvenient

Related forms convene convenience convenientlysupervenient

Etymology

From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

convenient Middle English conveniēns Latin

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# convenient

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈvinjənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈviːniənt/
**Frequency rank:** 5198

## Meanings
1. Useful, easy to use, and suited to your needs.
2. Suspiciously well-timed for someone's own purposes.

## Examples
- Online shopping is convenient because you can do it from home.
- How convenient that you got sick the night before the exam.

## Derived Forms
- convenientness
- disconvenient
- nonconvenient
- superconvenient
- ultraconvenient
- unconvenient

## Related Forms
- convene
- convenience
- conveniently
- supervenient

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: convenient
- Root: conveniēns

## Etymology
From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

## AI Etymology
convenient is an adjective. It is from Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant. Historical forms in the chain include convenient (Middle English) and conveniēns (Latin). Current senses include useful, easy to use, and suited to your needs and suspiciously well-timed for someone's own purposes. Derived forms include convenientness, disconvenient, nonconvenient, superconvenient, and ultraconvenient. Related words include convene, convenience, conveniently, and supervenient.

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- Describing Qualities

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