See synonyms for convenient on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Words nearby convenient convener , convenience , convenience food , convenience store , conveniency , convenient , conveniently , convent , conventicle , convention , conventional.
Words related to convenient acceptable , advantageous , agreeable , available , beneficial , comfortable , conducive , favorable , good , handy , helpful , opportune , proper , suitable , timely , user-friendly , accessible , immediate , commodious , accommodating. How to use convenient in a sentence The Kihei location made a convenient base for further exploration of west Maui. The pregame national anthem — in all its roiling contradictions — still has something to offer Barry Svrluga February 11, Washington Post.
The corresponding negative expressions have similar proportions: for - 4, as against to - a mere However, when convenient is preceded by a noun, the reverse seems to be the case, although the numbers are much closer together. So in general it seems that to is much more likely with convenient following a noun than in an impersonal expression.
Interestingly, though, a place convenient for you is 4 times more common than a place convenient to you. To illustrate: It works to say "convenient to you," when you're suggesting that a location can be reached with little effort, like "near to you" or "next to you.
This is the best answer, IMHO. You can actually search for it in Youtube. I hope this helps. Benjamin Harman 9, 5 5 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 57 57 bronze badges. Hi, Lorane. Your answer has already been posted by another user and doesn't provide any additional information.
Please take the tour and visit our help center for additional guidance. Why not answer other new questions? Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Recent Examples on the Web Everything is convenient — the grocery store, gas station, and freeway entrance are all five minutes away. First Known Use of convenient 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3. Buying Guide Our team at The Usage has selected the best universal remotes of Learn More About convenient.
Time Traveler for convenient The first known use of convenient was in the 14th century See more words from the same century. Style: MLA. English Language Learners Definition of convenient. Kids Definition of convenient. Get Word of the Day daily email! Test Your Vocabulary.
Test your vocabulary with our question quiz! Keep in mind that I was not intending to assign any home work. I concur with PaulQ. I have only heard option 2. Option 3 is "iffy" at best. Now you have two opinions from opposite sides of the pond. You chose correctly! Now, it's the time for your input. Last edited by a moderator: Oct 17, Like PaulQ and pops, I would say convenient " for you. It doesn't sound wrong to me, but it's not what I would say.
Using "at a time which is convenient with " to google, it generates a lot of hits, which is quite confusing me, as what you guys are saying here is that this doesn't sound right to native speakers. How come so many hits in Google? Glenfarclas Senior Member Chicago. I see only 26 results, which is next to none at all. Rocgst Member Mandarin-China.
EStjarn Senior Member Spanish. Another tool that may be useful in this respect is Google Books Ngram Viewer: here's the results click for the query "time that is convenient with, time that is convenient to, time that is convenient for". The results show that the alternative that uses 'with' is not even an option and has not been one for the time span employed in the query They also show that about a hundred years ago, 'for' was neither an alternative; only 'to' was used.
Around , 'to' and 'for' were about as common, and nowadays, 'for' is the more common alternative, especially in American English which can be verified by changing to the BE and the AmE corpora, respectively, and clicking the button.
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