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Definition: CONVENIENCY |
CONVENIENCYNoun1. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience. 2. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. 3. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. 4. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. |
Date "CONVENIENCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | CONVENIENCY. A necessary. A leathern conveniency, a coach. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Right and conveniency went together; for as a man had a right to all he could employ his labour upon, so he had no temptation to labour for more than he could make use of. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CONVENIENCY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONVENIENCY" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CONVENIENCY": inconveniency. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-v-y" | |
-2 letters: innocence, innocency. | |
-3 letters: conceive, convince. | |
-4 letters: connive, convene. | |
-5 letters: conine, convey, evince, incony, novice, venine. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-v-y" | |
+2 letters: inconveniency. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 56 45 4E 49 45 4E 43 59 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -. ...- . -. .. . -. -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01010110 01000101 01001110 01001001 01000101 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N V E N I E N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0056 0045 004E 0049 0045 004E 0043 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3749485639484339483759 |
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