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Meaning of "amenity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMENITY

From Latin amoenitās pleasantness, from amoenus agreeable.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AMENITY

amenity  [əˈmiːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMENITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amenity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMENITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amenity

In real property and lodging, amenities are any tangible or intangible benefits of a property, especially those that increase its attractiveness or value or that contribute to its comfort or convenience. Tangible amenities might include attractive guest rooms, Wi-Fi, dining, parks, swimming pools, golf courses, health club facilities, party rooms, theater or media rooms, bike paths, lifts, community centers, services, or garages, for example. Intangible amenities might include pleasant views, nearby activities, good schools, or a low crime rate, all of which add to the desirability of a property...

Definition of amenity in the English dictionary

The first definition of amenity in the dictionary is a useful or pleasant facility or service. Other definition of amenity is the fact or condition of being pleasant or agreeable. Amenity is also a social courtesy or pleasantry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMENITY


autoimmunity
ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
betweenity
bɪˈtwiːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
confraternity
ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
disamenity
ˌdɪsəˈmiːnɪtɪ
disunity
dɪsˈjuːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eternity
ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
fraternity
frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
humanity
hjuːˈmænɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
intercommunity
ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
modernity
mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
trinity
ˈtrɪnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMENITY

amendes honorables
amending formula
amendment
amends
amene
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep IV
Amenhotpe III
Amenhotpe IV
amenities
amenity bed
amenity society
Amenophis III
Amenophis IV
amenorrhea
amenorrheic
amenorrhoea
ament
amentaceous
amental

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMENITY

affinity
antiobscenity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
indemnity
indigenity
insanity
lenity
obscenity
profanity
sanity
serenity
vanity
vicinity
virginity

Synonyms and antonyms of amenity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMENITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amenity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of amenity

Translation of «amenity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMENITY

Find out the translation of amenity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amenity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amenity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

便利设施
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

servicio
570 millions of speakers

English

amenity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुविधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الراحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удобства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conveniência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

équipement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemudahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einrichtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

娯楽施設
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부대 시설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amenity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lể nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனிமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुखसोयी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tatlılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

struttura ricreativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Udogodnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зручності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agrement
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέρψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rekreations
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amenity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amenity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMENITY»

The term «amenity» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMENITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «amenity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «amenity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amenity

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QUOTES WITH «AMENITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amenity.
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John Naisbitt
In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMENITY»

Discover the use of amenity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amenity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Amenity Migrants: Seeking and Sustaining Mountains and ...
Places with perceived high environmental quality and distinctive culture are globally attracting amenity migrants.
Laurence A. G. Moss, 2006
2
Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses
Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses, fifth volume in the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding, covers all these aspects. Most fodder crops and amenity grasses are perennials and many of them are natural or induced polyploids.
Beat Boller, Ulrich K. Posselt, Fabio Veronesi, 2010
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Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses: A Manual for Use and ...
Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved with the selection and maintenance of grasses used in sports and amenity areas in all areas.
David Aldous, Ian Chivers, 2002
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Rural Housing, Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven ...
This book draws on contemporary concepts of exurbanization, rural amenity-based development, and increased conurbation to argue that that the character of rural housing reflects this transition.
Professor Mark Lapping, Professor David Marcouiller, Professor Owen Furuseth, 2012
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The Amenity Value of the Global Climate
In such countries the assumptions required to retrieve amenity values from land prices and wage rates (perfect information about the characteristics of alternative lo- cations, well functioning markets for land and labour and the absence of ...
David Maddison, 2014
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Natural turf for sport and amenity: science and practice
This book describes our current knowledge of soils and turfgrass science as applied to the design, production and management of natural turf.
W. A. Adams, R. J. Gibbs, 1994
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Ecological Economics: An Introduction
4.8 AMENITY SERVICES Figure 4.1 shows amenity services as the third class of service that the natural environment provides to economic activity. There is an arrow from the Amenities box in the natural environment direct to consumption by  ...
Michael Common, Sigrid Stagl, 2005
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Tourism and Amenity Migration in the High Mountains of the USA
In the nineteenth century visits to the mountains were limited because of a lack of access, poor roads, limited leisure time and low income of the majority of North American citizens (Goeldner, 1996).
Kerstin Remshard, 2006
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Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public ...
Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions.
Gary P. Green, Steven C. Deller, David W. Marcouiller, 2005
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Productive and Amenity Relationships with 'nature' in ...
"Lifestyle" residential development in urban fringes often projects urban images of rurality onto landscapes in limbo between productive uses and suburbanization.
Kirsten Valentine Cadieux, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMENITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amenity is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to cleanse your soul in a Civic Amenity Centre
When I think of amenity, I think of something you might go to with the family — a swimming pool or a park in which a child is mourning a ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Delta Air Lines Updates Amenity Kits For Passengers
ROMULUS (CBS Detroit) – Delta Air Lines has updated its amenity kits for premium customers with new a design and features which include ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Delta Debuts TUMI Amenity Kits With Review of Amenity Kits Past
To illustrate that flying is indeed far more comfortable today than it was in yesteryear, the airline also released a short clip on YouTube which ... «Skift, Jul 15»
4
Air France La Première amenity kit by Albéa wins Travel Plus Award
The Givenchy amenity kit given to customers in the new Air France La Première suite won the award for the best First Class airline unisex travel ... «Premium beauty, Jul 15»
5
Turkish Airlines launches new amenity kits
Turkish Airlines recently announced introduction of new amenity kits and relax sets designed by Jaguar, Cerruti, Bentley, Chopard, Furla and ... «Travel Daily Media, Jun 15»
6
Maxwell Amenity wins at the Shropshire Business Awards 2015
Awards 2 Maxwell Amenity attended the Shropshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards last night, had an amazing time, and came home ... «Pitchcare, Jun 15»
7
Your New Cape Cod Amenity: Gold-Plated Shoes
When it comes to an authentic New England experience there's many items to add to your travel to-do list. There are the rocky beaches, the ... «HotelChatter, Jun 15»
8
Exclusive: Proposed Trinity River project could bring swimmable …
“This will take the utility of the meanders of being part of flood control and cleans the water to make it an amenity,” the 27-year-old son told the ... «Dallas Business Journal, Jun 15»
9
Stat: 35 Percent Rate Free Breakfast as Most Important Summer …
Free breakfast has edged out free Wi-Fi as the most important amenity Americans look for when choosing a hotel on their summer vacation, ... «Travel Agent, Jun 15»
10
New Bentwood Inn Amenity Gets Tesla Owners Powered Up
Jackson Hole's award-winning Bentwood Inn (http://www.bentwoodinn.com/) has teamed up with Tesla Motors to provide an increasingly ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»

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