CONVENTIONAL
\kənvˈɛnʃənə͡l], \kənvˈɛnʃənəl], \k_ə_n_v_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n_əl]\
Definitions of CONVENTIONAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
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unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
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(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
By Princeton University
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rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
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unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
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weapons that are not nuclear; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
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Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.
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Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.
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Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.
By Oddity Software
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Formal; sanctioned by custom or tradition; based on accepted rules; in art, following fixed rules in design, technique, etc.
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Conventionally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Conventionally.
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Established by convention or custom; agreed; customary; formal.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Thomas Sheridan
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