conventional (kənˈvɛnʃənəll
)
Definitions
adjective
- following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality ⇒
conventional habits
- established by accepted usage or general agreement
- of or relating to a convention or assembly
- law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
- arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
- (of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
noun
- bridge another word for convention (sense 7)
Alternative Forms
conˈventionally adverbSynonyms
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proper,
conservative,
correct,
formal,
respectable,
bourgeois,
genteel,
staid,
conformist,
decorous,
Pooterish,
Translations
- British English:
conventional
Conventional people behave in a way that is accepted as normal in their society.I've always been quite conventional; I work hard and behave properly.kənˈvɛnʃənl ADJECTIVE I've always been quite conventional; I work hard and behave properly.
- Spanish:
convencional
adj
- French:
conventionnel
adj
- German:
traditionell
- Chinese: 常规的 adj
- Arabic: تَقْلِيديّ adj
- Portuguese: convencional adj
- Russian: обычный adj обычная
- Croatian: konvencionalan adj konvencionalna
- Czech: konvenční adj
- Danish: konventionel adj
- Dutch: conventioneel adj
- Finnish: sovinnainen adj
- Greek: καθιερωμένος adj καθιερωμένη
- Italian: convenzionale adj
- Japanese: 慣例にのっとった no_posp
- Korean: 재래식인 adj
- Norwegian: konvensjonell adj
- Polish: konwencjonalny adj konwencjonalna
- Brazilian Portuguese: convencional adj
- European Spanish:
convencional
adj
- Swedish: konventionell adj konventionellt
- Thai: เกี่ยวกับประเพณีนิยม adj
- Turkish: geleneksel adj
- Vietnamese: theo tập quán thông thường adj
Usage examples
She's very fond of these role-reversal lines, culled from standing the conventional morality of a number of years ago upon its head.
, Gothic Pursuit (1987)By contrast, the new scheme uses electrons, the building blocks of conventional computers.
New Scientist (2003)Binary warheads cannot be used to deliver conventional explosives.
Globe and Mail (2003)It is perhaps more effective for not being a political organisation in a conventional sense.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Of course, there were conventional answers to conventional questions.
, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)