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Definition: Amenity |
AmenityNoun1. Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amenity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | Any feature that makes a property more attractive or valuable. Amenities include such items as off-street parking, a swimming pool, tennis courts, and proximity to good schools, transportation and shopping facilities. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AmenitySynonym: agreeableness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disagreeableness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Noun: courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; Adjective: bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension; (humility); affability, complaisance, pr_venance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. |
Pain | Attraction; (motive); attractiveness, attractability; invitingness; Adjective: harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes | A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It was supposed to serve as a base of operation for myriad airport related services, business offices, and amenity facilities. (references) | |
DTCM is also currently responsible in classification of hotels and furnished apartments dependant on amenity offered/standards being maintained. (references) | ||
Economic History | Barbados | The Act also provides tax relief on certain forms of capital expenditure for depreciation, which would not otherwise qualify, such as construction or extension of a hotel, provision of a specified guest amenity, or protection from the sea. (references) |
Ukraine | Airports in Donetsk and Odessa has plans to undergo cardinal reconstruction and amenity upgrading in 2001-2002. However, the success of such initiatives will largely depend on increase of flights through these airports that will be a key factor in recovering investments. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Amenity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amenity" is used about 259 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% | 259 | 18,370 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "amenity": amenity-injury, amenity-wise. | |
Ending with "amenity": civic-amenity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amenity computer | 10 |
amenity kit | 10 |
amenity | 6 |
amenity day spa | 4 |
amenity international | 4 |
amenity computer services | 4 |
amenity dover society | 4 |
amenity computer service | 3 |
airline amenity kit | 2 |
amenity tray | 2 |
amenity techno.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "amenity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | komoditet (comfort, convenience, easement), kënaqësi (content, delectation, delight, enjoyment, feast, fun, gladness, gratification, jocundity, kick, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, treat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), اللطافة, إعتدال (erection, mildness, moderation, modesty, plainness, reasonableness, sagacity, self restraint, soberness, sobriety, temper, temperance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вежливост (affability, comity, complaisance, courtliness, delicacy, politeness, urbanity), любезност (affability, amiability, civility, decency, douceur, fairness, goodness, kindness, mellowness, pleasantness, politeness), приятност (jocundity, pleasantness, sapidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 礼节 (Amenities, ritual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výhoda (advantage, benefit, boon, convenience, good, start, use, vantage), příjemnost (suavity, sweet), pùvab (attraction, attractiveness, charm, comeliness, glamor, glamour, grace, gracefulness, pleasure, savor), krása (beauty, fairness, fineness, glory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | landskabelig værdi (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | waarde van het landschap (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape), belevingswaarde van het landschap (amenity value of the landscape, scenic value of the landscape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ملایمت (Calmness, Equanimity, Leniency, Suavity, Warmth), مطبوعیت , نرمی (Gloss, Leniency, Pash, Plasticity, Suavity, Unction), سازگاری (Accord, Adjustment, Compatibility, Consistency, Rapport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virkistysarvo (amenity value). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aménité, civilité, charme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Annehmlichkeit (acceptableness, adoptability, advantage, convenience, pleasantness), Anmut (beauty, charm, comeliness, grace, gracefulness, graces, loveliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλυκύτητα (sweetness), φιλοφροσύνη (amiability, friendliness), αβρότητα (affability, courtliness, cousteousness, devoir, gentleness, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "רכי ועם (cordial manner), וחות (comfort, convenience). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kellemesség (affability, pleasantness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keramahan (amiability, aminess), kenikmatan (bliss, enjoyment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attrattive, amenit (funny, loveliness, pleasantness), piacevolezza (agreeableness, delightfulness, niceness, pleasantness), comodit (accommodation, amenities, comfort, convenience, cosiness, coziness, ease, easiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アメーバ赤痢 (AMeDAS, American, American casual, American coffee, American football, American Indian, American League, American plan, American rugby, American sign language, Americanism, Americanize, America's Cup race, Ameslan, amethyst, amoebic dysentery, Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System, crawfish, dogwood, puma, redwood), 快適さ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいてきさ, アメニティー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ymmyd (application, employment, use, utilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amenityay amenidade (pleasantness), afabilidade (affability, affableness, amenability, friendship, goodness, kindness, suavity), encanto (allurement, appeal, attraction, beauty, bewitchment, charm, delectation, delight, dribblet, enchantment, endeavor, enticement, grace, loveliness, medicine, niceness, pleasantry, prettiness, rapture, ravishment, relish, seduction, sorcery, spell, style, witchcraft, witchery), deleite (delectation, delight, dribblet, fun, gust, pleasure, relish, treat, zest), cortesia (attention, civility, comity, courtesy, gallantry, mannerliness, politeness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) atracţie (appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, enticement, fancy, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, mind, pull, seduction), amenitate, voioşie (cheerfulness, glee, jauntiness, jocundity, jollification, jollity, joy, mirth), farmec (allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, delight, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, seduction, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery), distracţii, caracter plãcut, caracter agreabil (agreeableness), bunã dispoziţie (amiability, buoyancy, cheerfulness, elation, gaiety, geniality, good humor, good humour, snap, spirit). (various references) любезность (affability, civility, gentlehood, good office, goodness, graciousness, kindness). (various references) prijatnost (douceur, pleasantness). (various references) amenidad (acceptableness, adoptability, grace, niceness, readability). (various references) behaglighet (congeniality, geniality). (various references) tatlılık (affability, agreeableness, amiability, bonhomie, lusciousness, mellowness, smoothness, softness, suavity, sweet, sweetness), hoşluk (affability, agreeableness, bonhomie, loveliness, niceness, pleasantness, quaintness), hoş tavırlar. (various references) чемність (affability, civility, courtesy, decency, mannerliness, obligingness), м'якість (canniness, clemency, geniality, gentleness, leniency, mildness, soft, softness), люб'язність (affability, amiability, civility, complaisance, compliment, courtesy, obligingness), при"мність (cosiness, jocundity, pleasantness, prettiness), принадність (allurement, charm). (various references) thái độ nhã nhặn, thái độ dễ chịu, tính nhã nhặn, tính ho nhã sự dễ chịu. (various references) hynawsedd (geniality, kindness), hyfrydwch (delight, pleasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Amenity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adeniyi, aimenity, amanaty, amanitin, amanti, amenite, amenitie, amenitiy, amento, aminity, ammenity, amment, ammunity, amnenity, amnity, anemity, anexity, arenite, caninity, enemity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amenity" (pronounced ume"nutē) |
| 5 | -e" n u t ē | obscenity, serenity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, opportunity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anytime. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: enmity, etamin, inmate, tamein. | |
-2 letters: ament, amine, amity, anime, entia, etyma, matey, matin, meant, meany, meaty, meiny, menta, minae, minty, tenia, tinea, yamen, yenta. | |
-3 letters: amen, amie, amin, ante, anti, ayin, emit, etna, item, main, mane, many, mate, mean, meat, meta, mien, mina, mine, mint, mite, mity, myna, name, neat, nema, nite, tain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-t-y" | |
+1 letter: dynamite, tyramine. | |
+2 letters: animately, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, enzymatic, maternity, mendacity, mentality, tympanies, tyramines. | |
+3 letters: alimentary, amnestying, animatedly, antonymies, cysteamine, dynamiters, equanimity, immanently, intermarry, intimately, manifestly, mistakenly, monetarily, myasthenia, myasthenic, myelinated, pigmentary, terminably, terminally, tryptamine, tympanites. | |
+4 letters: actinometry, actinomyces, amblygonite, amenability, amethystine, amylopectin, anonymities, coenzymatic, craniometry, cysteamines, determinacy, emotionally, filamentary, hematoxylin, impatiently, inanimately, inestimably, infantrymen, interfamily, metanalysis, methylamine, methylating, methylation, metonymical, momentarily, multiagency, myasthenias, myasthenics, myofilament, normatively, rudimentary, sedimentary, semitonally, tautonymies, tryptamines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 65 6E 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- . -. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m e n i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0065 006E 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35797180758691 |
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