convenience

commodité, facilité

Qualité de ce qui est facile à utiliser, à atteindre ou à organiser et fait gagner du temps ou des efforts.

En anglais simple : The quality of being easy to use, reach, or arrange, saving time or effort.

• I shop online for convenience.
• The hotel’s location offers great convenience.
• Please call me at your convenience.

Comment l'utiliser : for someone’s convenience (The forms are available online for your convenience.); at someone’s convenience (Please reply at your convenience.)

Synonymes : ease

Contraires : inconvenience

Expressions courantes : for convenience, for someone’s convenience, at your convenience

commodité, équipement pratique

Chose qui facilite la vie ou permet de gagner du temps et d’économiser des efforts.

En anglais simple : Something that makes life easier or saves time and effort.

• A dishwasher is a useful convenience.
• The cottage has all the modern conveniences.
• They lived without basic conveniences such as running water.

Synonymes : amenity, facility

Expressions courantes : modern convenience, every convenience, household convenience

faciliter, arranger

Rendre les choses plus faciles ou mieux adaptées aux besoins de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To make things easier or more suitable for someone.

• We changed the time to convenience our guests.
• The new arrangements convenienced everyone.
• Could an earlier meeting convenience you?

Synonymes : accommodate, help

Contraires : inconvenience

Expressions courantes : convenience someone, convenience the guests