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Definition: Conveniences |
ConveniencesNoun1. Things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the comforts of home". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conveniences" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: ConveniencesSynonyms: amenities (n), comforts (n), creature comforts (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Means | Noun: means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital; (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances; (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients; (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor; (safety); aid; medium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Conveniences |
| English words defined with "conveniences": cabin cruiser, cold-water flat, cruiser ♦ Dispatch box ♦ Naval dock ♦ pleasure boat, pleasure craft. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | ||
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Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But beside all this, the bulk of our people supported themselves by furnishing the necessities or conveniences of life to the rich, and to each other. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Even lower trade barriers motivate Mercosur industries to import and export finished products and/or components according to economic conveniences. (references) | |
This trend was actually a strategy of businesspersons in the boating trade to attract new clients who appreciate the combination of facilities and conveniences offered by country clubs, gated communities and marinas. (references) | ||
European franchise operations have some minor advantages or conveniences over U.S. franchise operations, due to their geographic proximity, knowledge of this market, familiarity with the metric system, financial support to Greek importers in product promotion, frequent on-sight visits, assistance in obtaining certification of the products and a number of other services. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | Darwin is the capital and is a young and vibrant city, with all the modern conveniences and sound infrastructure. (references) |
Mauritius | With per capita income of about $3,900 and two-income families leading increasingly hectic lives, the market for family restaurants and similar conveniences is growing. (references) | |
Human Rights | Georgia | The new facility, which opened on September 5, holds 1200 prisoners and has larger cells and modern conveniences. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Conveniences" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.22% of the time. "Conveniences" is used about 72 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 (plural) | 97.22% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.78% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 72 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "conveniences": a flat with all modern conveniences ♦ at one's conveniences ♦ modern conveniences. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
conveniences | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "conveniences"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | banjë (ablution, bath, bathe, bathroom, closet, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom, water closet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удобства (amenities, facilities), приспособления (gear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 便利 (Convenience, facilitator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Annehmlichkeiten (adoptabilities, amenities, comforts, goodies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρήσιμεσ συσκευέσ, ευκολίεσ, άνεσεισ (amenities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | komfort. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 편익 (Convenience). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onveniencescay комфорт (comfort). (various references) cuando le sea conveniente (at one's conveniences), todo el confort (modern conveniences). (various references) bekvämligheter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "conveniences": inconveniences. (additional references) | |
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"Conveniences" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conenience, conuenience, convanience, conveience, conveinence, conveinience, convenence, conveniance, conveniece, conveyience, convienence, convienience, convinience, convnience. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conveniences" (pronounced kunvē"nyunsuz) |
| 12 | k u n v ē" n y u n s u z | inconveniences. |
| 5 | -u n s u z | absences, acceptances, acquaintances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annoyances, appearances, appliances, assurances, audiences, balances, cadences, clearances, condolences, conferences, confidences, consciences, continuances, contrivances, countenances, differences, disallowances, disappearances, distances, disturbances, divergences, eminences, entrances, evidences, experiences, fragrances, grievances, hindrances, imbalances, incidences, indulgences, influences, instances, insurances, issuances, licences, licenses, observances, occurrences, ordinances, performances, preferences, presences, prominences, protuberances, provinces, reassurances, references, remembrances, reminiscences, remittances, resemblances, residences, sciences, sentences, sequences, silences, substances, tolerances, utterances, variances. |
| 4 | -n s u z | advances, allegiances, announces, Biosciences, bounces, chances, circumstances, coincidences, commences, consequences, convinces, dances, defenses, denounces, dispenses, enhances, expanses, expenses, fences, finances, flounces, glances, inferences, nuances, offenses, ounces, prances, pretenses, princes, pronounces, refinances, renounces, responses, romances, sconces, senses, stances. |
| 3 | -s u z | abuses, accomplices, aces, actresses, addresses, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, amaryllises, annexes, apparatuses, appendixes, apprentices, asses, assesses, atlases, auspices, axes, bases, basses, biases, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chases, choices, choruses, circuses, classes, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, collapses, complexes, compresses, concourses, confesses, congresses, converses, corpses, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, databases, decreases, depresses, devices, disabuses, discourses, discusses, dismisses, displaces, distresses, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, encompasses, endorses, enforces, erases, esses, excesses, excuses, exes, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fetuses, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, impresses, impulses, increases, indexes, induces, injustices, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nurses, offices, omnibuses, orifices, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prejudices, premises, presses, prices, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, promises, prospectuses, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, recesses, reduces, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, reminisces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resources, retroviruses, reverses, sacrifices, sauces, seamstresses, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-v" | |
-1 letter: convenience. | |
-2 letters: innocences, nonscience. | |
-3 letters: conceives, convinces, innocence, nescience. | |
-4 letters: conceive, connives, convenes, convince, ensconce, venenose. | |
-5 letters: concise, conines, connive, convene, evinces, incense, novices, science, senecio, venines, venison. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-v" | |
+1 letter: conveniencies. | |
+2 letters: inconveniences. | |
+3 letters: inconveniencies. | |
+5 letters: counterincentives, inconceivableness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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