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4 N‑COUNT A public convenience is a building containing toilets which is provided in a public place for anyone to use. [BRIT , FORMAL ] □  …the cubicles of a public convenience.

5 → see also convenient

con|ve ni|ence food N‑UNCOUNT Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily. □  I rely too much on convenience food.

con|ve ni|ence store (convenience stores ) N‑COUNT A convenience store is a shop which sells mainly food and which is usually open until late at night.

con|veni|ent /kənviː niənt/

1 ADJ If a way of doing something is convenient , it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose. □  …a flexible and convenient way of paying for business expenses. □  The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen. ●  con|veni|ence N‑UNCOUNT □  They may use a credit card for convenience. ●  con|veni|ent|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □  The body spray slips conveniently into your sports bag for freshening up after a game.

2 ADJ If you describe a place as convenient , you are pleased because it is near to where you are, or because you can reach another place from there quickly and easily. [APPROVAL ] □ [+ for ] The town is well placed for easy access to London and convenient for Heathrow Airport. □  Martin drove along until he found a convenient parking place. ●  con|veni|ent|ly ADV [usu ADV adj/-ed, oft ADV after v] □  It was very conveniently situated just across the road from the City Reference Library.

3 ADJ A convenient time to do something, for example to meet someone, is a time when you are free to do it or would like to do it. □ [+ for ] Would this evening be convenient for you?

4 ADJ If you describe someone's attitudes or actions as convenient , you think they are only adopting those attitudes or performing those actions in order to avoid something difficult or unpleasant. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs. □  It does seem a bit convenient, doesn't it? ●  con|veni|ent|ly ADV □  They've conveniently forgotten the risk of heart disease. □  Conveniently, he had developed amnesia about that part of his life.

con|ven|or /kənviː nə ^r / (convenors ) also convener

1 N‑COUNT A convenor is a trade union official who organizes the union representatives at a particular factory. [BRIT ]

2 N‑COUNT A convenor is someone who convenes a meeting.

con|vent /kɒ nv ^ə nt/ (convents ) N‑COUNT A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live.

con|ven|tion ◆◇◇ /kənve nʃ ^ə n/ (conventions )

1 N‑VAR A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society. □  It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts. □  Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.

2 N‑COUNT In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style. □ [+ of ] …the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.

3 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people. □ [+ on ] …the U.N. convention on climate change. □  …the Geneva convention.

4 N‑COUNT A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group. □ [+ of ] …the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. □  …the Republican convention.

con|ven|tion|al ◆◇◇ /kənve nʃən ^ə l/