English
amenity
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /əˈmiːnəti/, /əˈmɛnəti/
Noun

amenity

  1. Pleasantness.
    We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
    • 1834, George Bancroft, “Spaniards in the United States”, in History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume I (Colonial History), Boston, Mass.: Charles Bowen; London: R. J. Kennett, →OCLC ↗, page 71 ↗:
      The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.
  2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
    All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
    • 1671 October 27 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 17 October 1671]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC ↗, page 445 ↗:
      The Castle is an antique extent of ground, which now they call Marsfield, and would have ben a fitting area to have plac’d the Ducal palace in. The suburbs are large, the prospects sweete, with other amenities, not omitting the flower gardens, in which all the inhabitants excel.
  3. Convenience.
  4. (cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
    Synonyms: facility, infrastructure
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