conventional
Americanadjective
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conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
conventional behavior.
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pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined.
conventional symbols.
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ordinary rather than different or original.
conventional phraseology.
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not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear.
conventional warfare.
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Art.
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in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
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(of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.
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of or relating to a convention, agreement, or compact.
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Law. resting on consent, express or implied.
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of or relating to a convention or assembly.
adjective
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following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality
conventional habits
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established by accepted usage or general agreement
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of or relating to a convention or assembly
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law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
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arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
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(of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
noun
Related Words
See formal 1.
Other Word Forms
- anticonventional adjective
- anticonventionalist noun
- anticonventionally adverb
- conventionalist noun
- conventionally adverb
- nonconventional adjective
- nonconventionally adverb
- quasi-conventional adjective
- quasi-conventionally adverb
- semiconventional adjective
- semiconventionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of conventional
From the Late Latin word conventiōnālis, dating back to 1575–85. See convention, -al 1
Example Sentences
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These operate like conventional motorways but use overhead gantry signs and variable speed limits to regulate traffic flow.
From BBC
Unlike conventional synthetic materials with fixed behaviors, this smart skin can be tuned to respond in multiple ways.
From Science Daily
These four "magnetic" rare earths are mainly used to make permanent magnets, notably neodymium-iron-boron magnets -- about 10 times more powerful than conventional ones.
From Barron's
His role in the group has always been difficult to define because he’s something of an on-the-fly producer and remixer, processing existing sounds and adding warped samples rather than playing a conventional instrument.
Mr. Oliver’s answers might seem conventional, but they furnish a welcome alternative to much contemporary self-help literature.
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