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Definitions for conventional
kənˈvɛn ʃə nlcon·ven·tion·al
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word conventional.
Princeton's WordNet
conventionaladjective
following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
conventional, establishedadjective
conforming with accepted standards
"a conventional view of the world"
conventionaladjective
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
"conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
conventionaladjective
unimaginative and conformist
"conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
conventional, formal, schematicadjective
represented in simplified or symbolic form
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"
ceremonious, conventionaladjective
rigidly formal or bound by convention
"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
Wiktionary
conventionaladjective
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
conventionaladjective
ordinary, commonplace
conventionaladjective
banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Conventionaladjective
formed by agreement or compact; stipulated
Conventionaladjective
growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal
Conventionaladjective
based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules
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
Etymology: [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]
Editors Contribution
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conventional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2546
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conventional' in Adjectives Frequency: #344
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conventional in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conventional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of conventional in a Sentence
It's both astonishing and understandable, the understandable part is, too many journalists are too enthralled with conventional wisdom and establishment thinking. They just repeat things without any notion of what's happening on the ground.
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
While investors were keeping a keen eye on the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting, which concluded on Wednesday on a more hawkish note than some anticipated, taxable-fixed income mutual funds took in small amounts of net new money - $348 million-plus, with ETF investors ... withdrawing $700 million, interestingly, though, both investors types were net purchasers of municipal bond funds, injecting $877 million into conventional open-end funds and $314 million for ETFs, respectively.
Our goal with live video is to work with our partners to move to a sustainable monetization model quickly, we are not focused on acquiring the rights to conventional TV programs.
This a full on conventional war using heavy weapons that can hit frontline areas but also civilian places anytime.
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- تقليديArabic
- обикновен, стандартен, традиционенBulgarian
- convencionalCatalan, Valencian
- konvenčníCzech
- herkömmlich, konventionellGerman
- συμβατικόςGreek
- convencionalSpanish
- معمولیPersian
- konventionaalinen, tavanomainenFinnish
- conventionnelFrench
- gnásúilIrish
- पारंपरिकHindi
- hagyományosHungarian
- convenzionaleItalian
- קונבנציונליHebrew
- 従来型のJapanese
- 전통적인Korean
- konwencjonalny, umownyPolish
- convencionalPortuguese
- convenziunalRomansh
- convenționalRomanian
- консервати́вный, обычный, станда́ртный, традицио́нный, общепри́нятый, обы́чный, обыкнове́нный, конвенцио́нныйRussian
- konvencionálenSlovene
- konventionellSwedish
- సంప్రదాయTelugu
- звичайнийUkrainian
- קאַנווענשאַנאַלYiddish
- 常规Chinese
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