conventional
pronunciation
How to pronounce conventional in British English:
UK [kənˈvenʃənl]
How to pronounce conventional in American English:
US [kənˈvenʃənl]
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- Adjective:
- following accepted customs and proprieties
- conforming with accepted standards
- (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction
- unimaginative and conformist
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
- rigidly formal or bound by convention
Word Origin
- conventional (adj.)
- late 15c., "of the nature of an agreement," from Late Latin conventionalis "pertaining to convention or agreement," from Latin conventionem (see convention). Meaning "of the nature of a convention" is from 1812, now rare; "established by social convention" is from 1761; that of "following tradition" is from 1831; that of "non-nuclear" is from 1955. Realted: Conventionality; conventionally.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This year and next conventional bonuses will cease .
- 2. But this is not a conventional recession .
- 3. For conservatives , conventional morality and religion are waning .
- 4. That much was predictable , that much conventional .
- 5. A conventional volcanic rock contains no argon right after it solidifies .