convenient English · revision 7429

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=la convenio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kənˈviː.niənt/ ''(UK)''; /kənˈvi.njənt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|conveniens|t=suitable, agreeing]], the present participle of [[m|la|convenio|alt=convenīre|t=to come together, agree, suit]] (see [[convene]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|com-|t=together]] and [[m|la|venio|alt=venīre|t=to come]],^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*gʷem-|alt=*gwa-|t=to go, come]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Suitable for a purpose: about 1374 in the OED; fit, proper, opportune, about 1380, in Chaucer's translation of Boethius.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Agreeing in opinion and in accordance with (1485, 1526) are obsolete senses,^(OED 1989) as is ''befitting, becoming'', NODE's first sense.^(NODE 1998)^(OED 1989) Personally suitable for ease of action is from the late 15th century.^(Etymonline) At hand, easily accessible, as ''convenient to the station'', is from 1849 and marked in the OED as Irish and American.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – suitable for a purpose.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1380 – fit, opportune.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * late 15th century – personally suitable.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1849 – near at hand.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fitting in well with a person's needs, activities or plans.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Involving little trouble or effort.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Situated so as to allow easy access: ''convenient for the shops''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conveniently]]

+ * [[superconvenient]]

+ * [[ultraconvenient]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[convene]]

+ * [[convenience]]

+ * [[supervenient]]

+ * [[convent]]

+ * [[convention]]

+ * [[venue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}