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conventional

[ kuhn-ven-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste:

    conventional behavior.

  2. pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined:

    conventional symbols.

    Synonyms: customary, habitual, usual

  3. ordinary rather than different or original:

    conventional phraseology.

  4. not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear:

    conventional warfare.

  5. Art.
    1. in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
    2. (of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.
  6. of or relating to a convention, agreement, or compact.
  7. Law. resting on consent, express or implied.
  8. of or relating to a convention or assembly.


conventional

/ kənˈvɛnʃənəl /

adjective

  1. following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality

    conventional habits

  2. established by accepted usage or general agreement
  3. of or relating to a convention or assembly
  4. law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
  5. arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
  6. (of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear


noun

  1. bridge another word for convention

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Derived Forms

  • conˈventionally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • con·vention·al·ist noun
  • con·vention·al·ly adverb
  • anti·con·vention·al adjective
  • anti·con·vention·al·ly adverb
  • anti·con·vention·al·ist noun adjective
  • noncon·vention·al adjective
  • noncon·vention·al·ly adverb
  • quasi-con·vention·al adjective
  • quasi-con·vention·al·ly adverb
  • semi·con·vention·al adjective
  • semi·con·vention·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conventional1

From the Late Latin word conventiōnālis, dating back to 1575–85. See convention, -al 1

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Example Sentences

The bitcoin network doesn't comply with anti-money laundering laws that conventional financial networks must follow—though some bitcoin intermediaries do.

In its marketing, Trek claimed that WaveCel was “up to 48 times” more protective against concussions than conventional, foam-only helmets, citing a peer-reviewed study.

Quantum bits, or qubits, are analogous to the bits found in conventional computers.

It claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction.

The economic, demographic and technological forces now converging on conventional radio helped push the two biggest station owners, iHeart Media and Cumulus Media, to file for bankruptcy-court protection in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.

The end of conventional childbirth might only be a matter of time.

Despite conventional wisdom, there are no rewards just for participating.

They double down on the plot device of a lone visionary opposed by conventional hierarchies.

Enter the iSpoon, a conventional stirrer on one end and a tablet stylus on the other.

But Mr. Boutwood, though a dog, was a careful dog, especially at those moments when the conventional dog can refuse nothing.

The various lodgings of my bachelor days was never quite of the conventional sort.

The period of infancy is fixed by law, and is therefore a conventional, yet needful regulation.

Toulon, which had been seized by the French royalists, surrendered to the conventional troops.

She was hatless and dressed in a neat riding-suit—the conventional attire of her classmates who had gone in for riding-lessons.

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