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# convenient

«convenient» in Mova's school dictionary: **Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m1)

2) Suitable for someone's plans or time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m2)

3) Near and easy to get to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x1)
- Is Saturday convenient for you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x2)
- Microwave meals are convenient but not always healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x3)
- He conveniently forgot to do the washing-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x4)
- It's convenient to have a bus stop outside our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/#x5)
- A convenience store is open late. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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 the corpora

- [The myth was convenient, and convenient myths can hide unkindness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convenient» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.