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Definition: CONVENANCE |
CONVENANCENoun1. That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. |
Date "CONVENANCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1714. (references) |
Etymology: Convenance \Con"ve*nance\, noun. [French expression, fitness, suitableness.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marriage | Unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-assorted marriage; mesalliance; mariage de convenance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CONVENANCE |
| Non-English Usage: "CONVENANCE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (adequacy, appropriateness, congruence, convenience, decency, expedience, expediency, fairness, fitting, propriety). |
Expression using "CONVENANCE": mariage de convenance. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CONVENANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | geleneğe uygunluk. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "CONVENANCE" (pronounced 'Con"ve*nance'): Amenance, Appurtenance, Assonance, Coordinance, Countenance, Counttenance, maintenance, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Predominance, Pregnance, Preordinance, Prevenance, Provenance, Purtenance, Sonance, sustenance, Unisonance. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-n-n-n-o-v" | |
-3 letters: concave, convene, novenae. | |
-4 letters: ancone, cannon, novena. | |
-5 letters: ancon, canoe, canon, coven, nance, nonce, novae, ocean, veena, venae. | |
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