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Definition: Convenient |
ConvenientAdjective1. Suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going". 2. Easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener". 3. Large and and roomy; "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"; (`convenient' is archaic in this sense). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "convenient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Convenient \Con*ven"ient\, adjective. [Latin expression conveniens, -entis, suitable, present participle of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, intransitive verb.]. (references) |
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Slang in 1811 | CONVENIENT. A mistress. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Commodious, Convenient. A word of caution in the use of the smaller dictionaries is necessary. The most elaborate definition often fails to give an adequate idea of the signification of a term unless it is accompanied with one or more quotations illustrating its use. The small dictionaries give only the briefest definitions, without illustration, and therefore should be interpreted with caution. Some years ago a young man of moderate attainments was very desirous of enlarging his vocabulary and of using words beyond the ordinary vernacular of his neighborhood. To this end, he made a small vest-pocket lexicon his constant companion. Having consulted it in the course of a conversation with a friend, he remarked, as he was about to return it to his pocket, "What a commodious book this is." His friend suggested that he again consult the "commodious" volume. With a look of the utmost confidence he turned to the word, and exclaimed: "There! I knew I was right. Commodious means convenient, and that is just what this little book is." It was useless to explain that smallness sometimes renders a thing inconvenient, and this young man, doubtless, still felicitates himself upon his intimate acquaintance with that commodious pocket dictionary. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: ConvenientSynonyms: commodious (adj), handy (adj), ready to hand(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: incommodious (adj), inconvenient (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expedience | Adjective: expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting; Verb: opportune; (in season); in loco; suitable; (accordant); applicable; (useful). |
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Screenplays | Oh well, alright, let's all sell our souls and work for Satan because it's more convenient that way. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) And that also is very convenient, isn't it, Mr. Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions, you see us as: A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal (The Breakfast Club ; writing credit: John Hughes) It is very convenient. (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Convenient, the door being open when you didn't have a key, eh (The Big Sleep; writing credit: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, and Jules Furthman. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.) | |
Clever | What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Convenient Burglar (1911) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Steel production. Steel workers inside a huge ladle. Many men back the steel industry's production drive. Aided by a convenient brick chute, hard hats are shown lining a steel ladle. Republic, Youngstown. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Nightshift" by Evan Mora Commentary: "A convenient store." |
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Benjamin Disraeli | Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. |
Jules Henri Poincaré | Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection. |
Mary Todd Lincoln | My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. |
Ovid | It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. |
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John Locke | 1690 | It is not necessary, no, nor so much as convenient, that the legislative should be always in being; but absolutely necessary that the executive power should, because there is not always need of new laws to be made, but always need of execution of the laws that are made. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | While making the above reservations the Federal Council declares its readiness to examine in the most friendly spirit any proposals which the French Government may deem it convenient to make on the subject. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | If it can be contrived to be at the Crown, papa, it will be very convenient for the horses |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The police is so badly organised (a convenient repetition) |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | I will my lord, with all convenient haste |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He offered himself and a friend to accompany me, and that I should be provided with a small convenient barque for the voyage |
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Health | Synthetic agents, diphenoxylate and loperamide, come in convenient dosage forms and provide prompt symptomatic but temporary relief. (references) | |
For public health studies and clinical practice, simple and convenient anthropometric measurements based on height, weight, and skinfold thickness are recommended. (references) | ||
Highly motivated patients who are willing to catheterize themselves may, after consultation with their doctor, be able to have DMSO treatments at home. Self-administration is less expensive and more convenient than going to the doctor's office. (references) | ||
Business | They are also convenient for small private businessmen in transporting certain goods. (references) | |
Good coverage and convenient tariffs have a very positive impact on further market growth. (references) | ||
China is pushing the development of high-efficiency, safe, economical, and convenient to use products. (references) | ||
Children | Kyrgyz Republic | Persons with Disabilities The laws provide for convenient access to public transportation and parking for persons with disabilities, for subsidies to mass media sources that make their services available to the hearing or visually impaired, and for free plots of land for the construction of a home. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Mexico | Instead of paying a 12.5 percent tax on advertising revenues, television broadcasters provided in exchange free broadcast time to the Government, thus giving it convenient access to the medium. (references) |
Venezuela | Article 209 of the law establishes that the President, "when he judges it convenient to the interests of the nation, or when required for reasons of public order or security, can suspend telecommunications broadcasts, in conformity with the Constitution." Some observers believe that this article might allow the suspension of media broadcasts for vague and arbitrary reasons. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | They serve as convenient reference points for both resellers and end users. (references) |
Liberia | However, the law is often ignored and the Ministry of Finance attempts to revive the law at convenient times. (references) | |
France | They do not offer a comprehensive range of goods and are, thus, not as convenient as supermarkets and hypermarkets. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | A lack of resources and a huge backlog of unresolved cases provided a convenient excuse for judicial inaction. (references) |
Pakistan | The principal of the Institute for Jail Staff Training in Lahore stated in a July 1999 press interview that fettering is the most convenient way to administer an overcrowded jail. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | The Minister of Justice reportedly advised the Ministry of External Relations that a visit by the Special Representative was not convenient until the UNCHR signed a technical assistance agreement with the Government. (references) | |
Minorities | Switzerland | Switzerland's central European location makes it a convenient meeting place for groups from around the continent, and police frequently monitored large gatherings of neo-Nazis and skinheads, such as parties and concerts. (references) |
Travel | Austria | Rail travel is pleasant and convenient. (references) |
Poland | Transportation within Poland is convenient. (references) | |
Women | Iceland | In part this reflects the country's comprehensive system of subsidized day care, which makes it affordable and convenient for women to work outside the home. (references) |
Worker Rights | India | Calcutta is a convenient transit point for traffickers who send Bangladeshis to New Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, and West Asia. (references) |
Mexico | There are 11 special labor arbitration and conciliation boards (in Queretaro, Pachuca, Ciudad del Carmen, Zacatecas, Orizaba, Ciudad Juarez, Cancun, Colima, La Paz, Reynosa, and Tijuana) and 4 more state offices of the STPS to make it more convenient for workers to file complaints and bring other actions before the labor court system. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The completion of the middle building will be necessary to the convenient accommodation of Congress, of the committees, and various offices belonging to it. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | As they are to be made at the short session of Congress, it would, as well as from other considerations, be more convenient to commence the enumeration from an earlier period of the year than the first of August. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | A provision for taking the census of the people of the United States will, to insure the completion of that work within a convenient time, claim the early attention of Congress. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | There may be some who do not want peace, whose ambitions stretch so far that war in Vietnam is but a welcome and convenient episode in an immense design to subdue history to their will. |
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| "Convenient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Convenient" is used about 2,025 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2,025 | 4,264 |
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Expressions using "convenient": be convenient ♦ be convenient for ♦ be convenient for smb. ♦ if it is not convenient ♦ make it convenient ♦ when convenient. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "convenient": convenient-instead, convenient-sized. | |
Ending with "convenient": administratively-convenient, mathematically-convenient. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "convenient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | geskikt (appropriate, becoming, handy, of use, opportune, seemly, suitable). (various references) | |
Albanian | i volitshëm (expedient, handy, practical, propitious), i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i favorshëm (advantageous, fair, favorable, favourable, friendly, inclinable, merciful, opportune, propitious), adapt (appropriate, becoming, handy, opportune, seemly, suitable). (various references) | |
Arabic | مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, apt, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), موافق (acceptable, appropriate, favorable, favourable, fit, suitable, yep), متوافق (consonant, correspondent, harmonious, suitable), مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, cosy, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, smooth, snug, soothing), قريب في المتناول. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удобен (agreeable, appropriate, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, cozy, easy, favorable, favourable, good, proper, ready made, suitable), пригоден (adjusted, agreeable, available, proper), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, congenial, congruent, congruous, correct, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, sensible, suitable, suited, sympathetic, worthy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 方便 . (various references) | |
Czech | vyhovující (satisfactory, suitable), vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suitable, suited), praktický (businesslike, down to earth, hands-on, handy, hard-headed, practical, realistic, workaday), hodící se. (various references) | |
Danish | boretaarnsstigen benyttes til nemt at faa adgang til boretaarnets oeverste del,foerst og fremmest taar,ma,de,s arbejdsplatform og topblokken (principally the working platform for the derrick man and the crown block, the derrick ladder is used to provide a convenient access to the upper parts of the derrick). (various references) | |
Dutch | geschikt (appropriate, becoming, handy, of use, opportune, seemly, suitable), doelmatig (handy, opportune). (various references) | |
Esperanto | oportuna (handy, opportune). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tespiligur (handy, opportune), makligur (handy, opportune), fýsiligur (handy, opportune). (various references) | |
Farsi | مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Apt, Becoming, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Moderate, Opportune, Pertain, Proper, Relevant, Suitable, Winsome), راه دست , راحت (Beforehand, Comfort, Comfortable, Cozy, Cuddly, Placid, Snug, Straight, Well). (various references) | |
Finnish | suotuisa (advantageous, favourable, propitious, suitable), sovelias (appropriate, fit, proper, suitable), sopiva (appropriate, decent, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, opportune, proper, suitable, suited, timely, well-timed), otollinen (acceptable, appropriate, proper), mukava (comfortable, handy, nice, pleasant). (various references) | |
French | opportun, convenable (comeliness, congenial, congruent, congruous, correct), commode (commode). (various references) | |
German | bequem (comfortable, comfortably, conveniently, cushy, easily, easy, handy, idle, modest, opportune, slack, soft), komfortabel (comfortable, comfortably, luxurious, luxury, well appointed), praktisch (applicatory, expedient, functional, hands-on, handy, in effect, in practice, practical, practically, serviceable, useful, virtually), passend (acceptable, apposite, appropriate, appropriately, apropos, apt, aptly, befittingly, compatibility, compatible, convienient, feasible, fitting, fittingly, matching, opportune, pertinent, pertinently, proper, properly, relevant, suitable, suitably, well-fitting), gelegen (handy, lain, located, opportune, situated), günstig (advantageous, auspicious, fair, fairly, favorable, favorably, favourable, favourably, fit, fortunate, friendly, golden, handily, keen, low-priced, medium-priced, opportune, opportunely, promising, propitious, propitiously, salutary, timely). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάλληλοσ (appropriate, apt, expedient, fit, proper, right, suitable), βολικόσ (accommodating, handy), βολικός (comfortable, suitable), εύκολοσ (easy, facile, ready, simple), αναπαυτικόσ (comfortable, cosy, cozy, reposeful, restful, snug). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | adapt (appropriate, becoming, handy, opportune, seemly, suitable). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתאים (applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, concurrent, congruous, fit, fitting, germane, likely, meet, proper, propitious, suitable), ניחא (gentle, granted, so be it, soft, well), נוח (affable, calm, comfortable, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, snug, soft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megfelelõ (adaptable, adequate, applicable, appropriate, be sufficient, competent, correspondent, corresponding, decent, due, eligible, fit, fitting, proper, proportional, right, suitable, up to the mark), megfelelő (adequate, analogous, apposite, appropriate, apt, at the proper time, competent, congruous, correct, decent, due, eligible, equivalent, fair enough, good, respective, to answer the purpose), kényelmes (comfortable, comfy, commodious, cosh, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy going, handy, leisured, leisurely, nonchalant), alkalmas (able, applicable, appropriate, apt, capable, competent, congenial, eligible, expedient, feasible, fit, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, practical, qualified, right, suitable, susceptible, the ground plays well, timely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tepat (accurate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, aptly, effective, exact, exactly, opportune, precise, prompt, right), serasi. (various references) | |
Italian | conveniente (agreeable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, cheap, expedient, fit, fitting, good, right, seemly, suitable), comodo (comfort, comfortable, comfy, convenience, cosiest, cosy, cozy, cushy, ease, easiness, easy, handy, leisure, leisured, leisurely, snug), vicino (about, adjacent, by, close, early, forthcoming, handy, near, near by, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, nigh), vantaggioso (advantageous, advantagious, favorable, favourable, helpful, profitable, useful), utilitario (applicatory, handy, practical, utilitarian), utile (advantageous, advantagious, expedient, gains, helpful, instrumental, interest, of use, profit, serviceable, subservient, suitable, useful, usefull, worthwhile), adatto (able, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, capable, correct, due, fit, fitted, fitting, made, of use, proper, right, suitable, suited). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 調法 (handy), 便利 (handy, useful), 便利 (handy, useful), 好都合 (expedience, expedient, favorable). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べんり (handy, management, useful), こうつごう (expedience, expedient, favorable), ちょうほう (artillery funeral salute, convenience, handy, intelligence, priceless treasure, secret information, usefulness). (various references) | |
Korean | 편리한 (serviceable). (various references) | |
Manx | caaoil (opportune, timely). (various references) | |
Norwegian | passende (appropriate, eligible, fit, fitting), bekvemt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onvenientcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congenial, congruous, due, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable, timely, well-timed, wieldy), cómodo (comfortable, cosy, cozy, handy, opportune). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | conveniente. (various references) | |
Romanian | convenabil (acceptable, admissible, appropriate, becoming, cheap, comely, conveniently, eligible, fair, feasible, fit, fitting, goodly, likely, reasonable, seemly, suitable, suited), comod (comfortable, comfortably, commodious, cosily, cosy, cozy, easy, easy going, easy-fitting, handy, practical, roomy, serviceable, slothful, snug, suitable), oportun (advisable, apposite, apropos, fortunate, opportune, pertinent, purposeful, relevant, seasonable, timely, towardly), nimerit (adequate, apt, fit, good, likely, opportune, Pat, successful), favorabil (advantageous, appreciative, appreciatory, auspicious, bright, Dexter, fair, favorable, favorably, favored, favourable, favourably, favoured, fortunate, friendly, genial, genially, good, happy, inclinable, kindly, large, lucky, propitious, suited, towardly). (various references) | |
Russian | удобный (carriageable, comfortable, comfy, commodious, cosy, easy, expedite, habitable, handy, snug, usable). (various references) | |
Scottish | deic, cha deic. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zgodan (appropriate, apt, attractive, comely, felicitous, good looking, handsome, nice-looking, occasional, opportune, pat, suitable), udoban (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cozy), prikladan (apposite, appropriate, correlative, neat, seemly, snug, suitable), pogodan (apt, conducive, favorable, favourable, fit, fitting, likely, proper, serviceable, suitable), odgovarajući (agreeable, compatible, consonant, corresponding, homologous, matching, respondent). (various references) | |
Spanish | conveniente (accordant, advisable, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, beseeming, decent, due, expedient, fitting, meet, proper, seemly, suitable, unisonous, useful). (various references) | |
Swedish | lämplig (adaptable, adequate, appropriate, apropos, apt, competent, due, eligible, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, likely, opportune, reasonable, seasonable, suitable, timely, useful), läglig (opportune, seasonable, suitable, timely, well timed), bekvämt (conveniently, convienent, cosily), bekväm (comfortable, comfy, cushy, easy, easy going, ready). (various references) | |
Turkish | yakın (adjacent, akin, akin to, approximate, at hand, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, familiar, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, relative, thick, within reach, within walking distance), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), pratik (applied, businesslike, experience, handy, practical, practice, praxis, rough and ready), kullanışlı (all purpose, available, flowing, functional, general purpose, handy, manageable, operable, practicable, practical, purposive, serviceable, useful), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, favourable, opportune, practicable, practical, propitious, prosperous, streamlined, sufficient, suitable, susceptible). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tagaюykly (close, comfortable), зemeli (comfortable, exemplary). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, cosy, couth, easeful, easy, likely, practical), придатний (adapted, applicable, applicative, appointable, appropriate, apt, available, calculated, fit, fitting, of avail). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiện lợi (comfortable, comfortably), thuận lợi; thích hợp. (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfleus, cyfaddas (fit, suitable), hyrwydd (expeditious), hylaw (dextrous, handy), hwylus (comfortable, easy). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | opportunus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | commodiosus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mataion logon kai yeudh makran mou poihson plouton de kai penian mh moi dwV suntaxon de moi ta deonta kai ta autarkh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me mendicitatem et divitias ne dederis mihi tribue tantum victui meo necessaria |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Vanyte and lesing wrdis fer do awei fro me; beggerie and richessis ne yiue thou to me; yif onli to my liflode nedeful thingus; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ipahilayo gikan kanako ang kabakakan ug mga bakak; Ayaw ako paghatagi ug kawaladon ni mga bahandi; Pakan-a ako sa makaon nga maoy gikinahanglan alang kanako: |
| Croatian | udalji od mene licemjernu i lažnu rijeè; ne daj mi siromaštva ni bogatstva: hrani me kruhom mojim dostatnim; |
| Danish | Hold Svig og Løgneord fra mig: giv mig hverken Armod eller Rigdom, men lad mig nyde mit tilmålte Brød, |
| Dutch | Ijdelheid en leugentaal doe verre van mij; armoede of rijkdom geef mij niet; voed mij met het brood mijns bescheiden deels; |
| Finnish | Vilppi ja valhepuhe pidä minusta kaukana. Älä köyhyyttä, älä rikkautta minulle anna; anna minulle ravinnoksi määräosani leipää, |
| French | Éloigne de moi la fausseté et la parole mensongère; Ne me donne ni pauvreté, ni richesse, Accorde-moi le pain qui m`est nécessaire. |
| German | Abgötterei und Lüge laß ferne von mir sein; Armut und Reichtum gib mir nicht, laß mich aber mein bescheiden Teil Speise dahinnehmen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jangan sampai aku mengucapkan kata-kata curang dan dusta, dan jangan biarkan aku miskin atau kaya. Berikanlah kepadaku hanya apa yang kuperlukan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jauhkanlah kiranya dari padaku segala sia-sia dan bohong; jangan apalah berikan daku kepapaan atau kekayaan, melainkan peliharakanlah aku dengan rezeki yang cukup; |
| Italian | tieni lontano da me falsità e menzogna, non darmi né povertà né ricchezza; ma fammi avere il cibo necessario, |
| Maori | Whakamataratia atu i ahau te horihori me te korero teka; kaua e homai te rawakore ki ahau, te taonga ranei; whangaia ahau ki te kai e rite ana maku: |
| Norwegian | La falskhet og løgnens ord være langt borte fra mig! Gi mig ikke armod og heller ikke rikdom! La mig ete mitt tilmålte brød, |
| Rumanian | Depqrteazq dela mine neadevqrul wi cuvkntul mincinos; nu-mi da nici sqrqcie, nici bogqyie, dq-mi pknea care-mi trebuie. |
| Russian | УХЕФХ Й МПЦШ ХДБМЙ ПФ НЕОС, ОЙЭЕФЩ Й ВПЗБФУФЧБ ОЕ ДБЧБК НОЕ, РЙФБК НЕОС ОБУХЭОЩН ИМЕВПН, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "convenient": conveniently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "convenient": inconvenient, superconvenient, ultraconvenient. (additional references) | |
Words containing "convenient": inconveniently. (additional references) | |
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"Convenient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conveient, conveinent, conveinient, conveint, convenant, conveniant, conveniens, convenio, conveniont, convienent, convienient, convinent, convinient. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "convenient" (pronounced kunvē"nyunt) |
| 10 | k u n v ē" n y u n t | inconvenient. |
| 5 | -n y u n t | poignant. |
| 4 | -y u n t | brilliant, ebullient, resilient, valiant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: connivent. | |
-2 letters: coinvent, evection, innocent, neotenic, nonevent. | |
-3 letters: connive, convene, convent. | |
-4 letters: cenote, conine, entice, evince, intone, invent, nocent, noetic, notice, novice, venine. | |
-5 letters: cento, civet, conin, conte, coven, covet, covin, envoi, event, evict, evite, niece, nieve, ninon, niton, nonce, nonet, ontic, ovine, tenon, tonic, tonne, venin, voice. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o-t-v" | |
+2 letters: conveniently, inconvenient, noninfective. | |
+3 letters: conventioneer, preconvention. | |
+4 letters: conventioneers, inconveniently, nonachievement, nonconsecutive, nonconvertible, noninteractive, preconventions. | |
+5 letters: conventionalize, interconversion, interconverting, nonachievements, nonconservative, superconvenient, ultraconvenient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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