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# convenient

adjective (convenient, more convenient, most convenient); adverb conveniently; noun convenience

«convenient» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m1)
2. Suitable for someone's plans or time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m2)
3. Near and easy to get to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it describes shops, times and food ("convenience food"). In stories, a "convenient excuse" may be a lie. Phrases: "at a convenient time", "convenient for", "convenience store", "conveniently forgot".

### Examples

- The shop is convenient because it's next to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x1)
- Is Saturday convenient for you? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x2)
- Microwave meals are convenient but not always healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x3)
- He conveniently forgot to do the washing-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x4)
- It's convenient to have a bus stop outside our house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x5)
- A convenience store is open late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x6)
- And the griffin does the housework--his wings are so convenient and feathery for sweeping and dusting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: con-ven-ient. Opposite: inconvenient. "Convenient for" a person, place or time.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life it describes shops, times and food ("convenience food"). In stories, a "convenient excuse" may be a lie. Phrases: "at a convenient time", "convenient for", "convenience store", "conveniently forgot".

### Examples

- Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convenient/#x1)
- A decimal system of notation without the principle of position was in ancient times considered more convenient than a decimal system of notation based upon the principle of position. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convenient/#x2)

### Note

Spelling: con-ven-ient. Opposite: inconvenient. "Convenient for" a person, place or time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «convenient» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«convenient» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/convenient.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «convenient» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convenient/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«convenient» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/convenient.html) on Mova free.