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convenience
(encz) | convenience,komfort Zdeněk Brož |
convenience
(encz) | convenience,konvenční Zdeněk Brož |
convenience
(encz) | convenience,pohodlí luke |
convenience
(encz) | convenience,výhoda luke |
convenience
(encz) | convenience,vymoženost luke |
convenience
(encz) | convenience,zařízení luke |
Convenience
(gcide) | Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency
\Con*ven"ien*cy\, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See
Convenient.]
1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or
suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
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Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and means
May fit us to our shape. --Shak.
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With all brief and plain conveniency,
Let me have judgment. --Shak.
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2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble;
commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
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Thus necessity invented stools,
Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper.
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We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory
than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or
advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an
accommodation.
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A pair of spectacles and several other little
conveniences. --Swift.
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4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something
at one's convenience.
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convenience
(wn) | convenience
n 1: the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged
for his own convenience"
2: the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the
convenience of an installment plan" [ant: inconvenience]
3: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: {public
toilet}, comfort station, public convenience,
convenience, public lavatory, restroom, {toilet
facility}, wash room]
4: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
[syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] |
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inconvenience
(mass) | inconvenience
- nepríjemnosť |
convenience food
(encz) | convenience food, n: |
convenience store
(encz) | convenience store,samoobsluha n: menší prodejna potravin s prodlouženou
otevírací dobou Pino |
conveniences
(encz) | conveniences,vymoženosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
flag of convenience
(encz) | flag of convenience, |
inconvenience
(encz) | inconvenience,nepohodlí Zdeněk Brožinconvenience,nepříjemnost n: Zdeněk Brožinconvenience,nesnáz Zdeněk Brožinconvenience,obtíž Zdeněk Brožinconvenience,potíž Zdeněk Brož |
inconvenience oneself
(encz) | inconvenience oneself, v: |
inconvenienced
(encz) | inconvenienced,v nesnázích Zdeněk Brož |
inconveniences
(encz) | inconveniences,nepříjemnosti n: Zdeněk Brožinconveniences,nesnáze n: Zdeněk Brož |
marriage of convenience
(encz) | marriage of convenience, n: |
public convenience
(encz) | public convenience,záchodek |
Convenience
(gcide) | Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency
\Con*ven"ien*cy\, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See
Convenient.]
1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or
suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
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Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and means
May fit us to our shape. --Shak.
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With all brief and plain conveniency,
Let me have judgment. --Shak.
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2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble;
commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
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Thus necessity invented stools,
Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper.
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We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory
than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or
advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an
accommodation.
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A pair of spectacles and several other little
conveniences. --Swift.
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4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something
at one's convenience.
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conveniences
(gcide) | conveniences \conveniences\ n.
things that make one comfortable and at ease.
Syn: comforts, creature comforts, amenities.
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Disconvenience
(gcide) | Disconvenience \Dis`con*ven"ience\, n.
Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Inconvenience
(gcide) | Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, n. [L. inconvenientia
inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.]
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1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of
convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency;
awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.
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They plead against the inconvenience, not the
unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial.
--Hooker.
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2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness;
disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes
prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or
success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty.
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A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds
of rain, or other inconvenience. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Man is liable to a great many inconveniences.
--Tillotson.
Syn: Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet;
uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance.
[1913 Webster]Inconvenience \In`con*ven"ience\, v. t.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a
neighbor.
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convenience food
(wn) | convenience food
n 1: any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and
easily as by thawing or heating |
convenience store
(wn) | convenience store
n 1: a store selling a limited variety of food and
pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience
of customers |
conveniences
(wn) | conveniences
n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts,
amenities, conveniences] |
inconvenience
(wn) | inconvenience
n 1: an inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience,
incommodiousness]
2: a difficulty that causes anxiety [syn: troublesomeness,
inconvenience, worriment]
3: the quality of not being useful or convenient [ant:
convenience]
v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother] |
inconvenience oneself
(wn) | inconvenience oneself
v 1: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did
not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't
bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble,
bother, inconvenience oneself] |
marriage of convenience
(wn) | marriage of convenience
n 1: a marriage for expediency rather than love |
public convenience
(wn) | public convenience
n 1: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: {public
toilet}, comfort station, public convenience,
convenience, public lavatory, restroom, {toilet
facility}, wash room] |
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