conventional
//kənˈvɛnʃənl̩//
Forms
- Comparative
- more conventional
- Superlative
- most conventional
- Plural
- conventionals
Definitions
1.Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
2.Ordinary, commonplace.
- They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
- “You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”
- The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
3.Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
4.Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
1.A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3110
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From convention + -al.