Definitions for conventional
kənˈvɛn ʃə nlcon·ven·tion·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. conventionaladjective

   following accepted customs and proprieties

   "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

2. conventional, establishedadjective

   conforming with accepted standards

   "a conventional view of the world"

3. conventionaladjective

   (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

   "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"

4. conventionaladjective

   unimaginative and conformist

   "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

5. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

   represented in simplified or symbolic form

6. conventionaladjective

   in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

   "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"

7. ceremonious, conventionaladjective

   rigidly formal or bound by convention

   "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. conventionaladjective

   Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

2. conventionaladjective

   ordinary, commonplace

3. conventionaladjective

   banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Conventionaladjective

   Stipulated; agreed on by compact.

   Etymology: from convention.

   Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights service. Matthew Hale, Com. Law. of Engl.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conventional

   A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms, or criteria, often taking the form of a custom. In a social context, a convention may retain the character of an "unwritten law" of custom (for example, the manner in which people greet each other, such as by shaking each other's hands). Certain types of rules or customs may become law and sometimes they may be further codified to formalize or enforce the convention (for example, laws that define on which side of the road vehicles must be driven). In physical sciences, numerical values (such as constants, quantities, or scales of measurement) are called conventional if they do not represent a measured property of nature, but originate in a convention, for example an average of many measurements, agreed between the scientists working with these values.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conventional

   Conventional refers to something that is usual, traditional, or generally accepted and followed by most people. It often describes things that follow established rules, standards, or methods. It can also refer to ideas, behavior, or practices that conform to prevailing societal norms and expectations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Conventionaladjective

   formed by agreement or compact; stipulated

2. Conventionaladjective

   growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal

3. Conventionaladjective

   based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules

4. Conventionaladjective

   abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t

5. Etymology: [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conventional

   Legislation created with the agreement or consent of people.

   She always used conventional wisdom to explain their reasoning.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on November 9, 2019  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conventional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2546

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conventional' in Adjectives Frequency: #344

How to pronounce conventional?

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How to say conventional in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conventional in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conventional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of conventional in a Sentence

1. Lynn Fisher:

   Credit availability decreased over the month driven primarily by a decrease in availability of conventional conforming loan offerings.

2. Frederik Pleitgen:

   This a full on conventional war using heavy weapons that can hit frontline areas but also civilian places anytime.

3. Lee Tien:

   The genome isn't just about you -- it contains information about your parents, your siblings, and your own progeny, so from a privacy standpoint, DNA data is a far more sensitive kind of health information than a sports injury, and it challenges our conventional norms of consent because you're effectively making decisions about other people's DNA.

4. Jake Gyllenhaal:

   Feelings don't come when we expect them to, so he( Vallée) shoots a movie in the same way... it's not telling you the obvious in a conventional way and that's beautiful, because I think that's how we walk through life.

5. Rashid Mauwa:

   I am not engaging in any witchcraft. I am only using traditional herbs to help people who do not respond to conventional medicines. Why am I being punished?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conventional
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Conventional
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=conventional
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conventional