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con·ven·tion·al
(kən-vĕn′shə-nəl)adj.
1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
3.
a. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
b. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
5. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
7. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.
con·ven′tion·al·ism n.
con·ven′tion·al·ist n.
con·ven′tion·al·ly adv.
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conventional
(kənˈvɛnʃənəl)adj
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) law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
5. (Art Terms) arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
6. (Military) (of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
n
(Bridge) bridge another word for convention7
conˈventionally adv
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con•ven•tion•al
(kənˈvɛn ʃə nl)adj.
1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
2. pertaining to or established by general consent or accepted usage: conventional symbols.
3. ordinary rather than different or original.
4. not using nuclear weapons or energy: conventional weapons; conventional warfare.
5. in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition in art.
6. of or pertaining to a compact or convention.
7. of or pertaining to a convention or assembly.
[1575–85; < Late Latin]
con•ven′tion•al•ism, n.
con•ven′tion•al•ist, n.
con•ven′tion•al•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham unconventional - not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style" unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" |
| 2. | conventional - conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" | |
| 3. | conventional - (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" | |
| 4. | conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" | |
| 5. | conventional - represented in simplified or symbolic form beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature | |
| 6. | conventional - 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" traditional - consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" | |
| 7. | conventional - rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" |
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conventional
adjective
1. proper, conservative, correct, formal, respectable, bourgeois, genteel, staid, conformist, decorous, Pooterish a respectable married woman with conventional opinions
2. ordinary, standard, normal, regular, usual, vanilla (slang), habitual, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), common the cost of fuel and electricity used by a conventional system
3. traditional, accepted, prevailing, orthodox, customary, prevalent, hidebound, wonted The conventional wisdom on these matters is being challenged.
4. unoriginal, routine, stereotyped, pedestrian, commonplace, banal, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, hackneyed, vanilla (slang) This is a rather conventional work by a mediocre author.
unoriginal abnormal, uncommon, unconventional, off-the-wall (slang), unorthodox, left-field (informal)
unoriginal abnormal, uncommon, unconventional, off-the-wall (slang), unorthodox, left-field (informal)
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conventional
adjective1. Generally approved or agreed upon:
2. Conforming to established practice or standards:
Slang: square.
3. Fond of or given to ceremony:
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Translations
تَقْليديتَقْلِيديّ
konvenční
konventioneltraditionel
sovinnainen
konvencionalan
viîtekinn, venjulegur
慣例にのっとった
재래식인
konvenčný
konventionell
เกี่ยวกับประเพณีนิยม
theo tập quán thông thường
conventional
[kənˈvenʃənl] ADJ [behaviour, tastes, weapons, method] → convencional; [person] → tradicional, convencional; [belief, values] → tradicional; [style, clothes] → clásico, tradicionalconventional medicine → la medicina tradicional or convencional
she was not beautiful in the conventional sense of the word → no era una belleza en el sentido generalmente aceptado de la palabra
conventional wisdom (frm) → la opinión convencional
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conventional
[kənˈvɛnʃənəl] adj [behaviour, opinion] → conventionnel(le); [method, product] → conventionnel(le) conventional weaponsCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
conventional
adj dress, attitudes, warfare, weapons → konventionell; person, behaviour also → konventionsgebunden; philosophy, beliefs, theory, manner, technique → herkömmlich; theatre, music, style → traditionell; symbol, mealtimes → normalerweise üblich; it is conventional to do something → es ist normalerweise üblich, etw zu tun; conventional medicine → konventionelle Medizin; in the conventional sense → im herkömmlichen Sinn
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convention
(kənˈvenʃən) noun1. a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom. Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.
2. in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.
3. an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.
conˈventional adjective (negative unconventional) according to the accepted standards etc; not outrageous or eccentric. conventional dress; the more conventional forms of art.
conˌventioˈnality (-ˈnӕ-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
conventional
→ تَقْلِيديّ konvenční konventionel traditionell συμβατικός convencional sovinnainen conventionnel konvencionalan convenzionale 慣例にのっとった 재래식인 conventioneel konvensjonell konwencjonalny convencional обычный konventionell เกี่ยวกับประเพณีนิยม geleneksel theo tập quán thông thường 常规的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
conventional
adj convencionalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.